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Digital Camera
Digital Camera

Digital cameras are used to provide imagery for research applications. Cameras are used on aircraft to collect aerial imagery for mapping and surveying, environmental monitoring, cloud observations, agriculture, geological studies, and other Earth science applications. They are also used at field sites to capture visual observations to monitor changes in land cover, vegetation, clouds, air quality, glaciers, and other phenomena.

Image of the DCS camera
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Optical/Photon
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery
Land Surface, Troposphere
Variable
Variable
Variable
Currently unavailble
CARAFE

NASA Carbon Atmospheric Flux Experiment

2016—2017
Eastern United States Coast, Mid-Atlantic Region
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2 Deployments
· 1 Data Product
OTTER

Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project

1989—1991
western coniferous forest in Oregon
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3 Deployments
· 14 Data Products
PROVE

Prototype Validation Exercise

1997
Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 4 Data Products
SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005
Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico
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4 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
SMAPVEX

Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

2008—2022
United States, Canada, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Massachusetts, Manitoba
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5 Deployments
· 25 Data Products
OTTER

Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project

1989—1991
western coniferous forest in Oregon
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3 Deployments
· 14 Data Products
OTTER

Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research Project

1989—1991
western coniferous forest in Oregon
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3 Deployments
· 14 Data Products
PROVE

Prototype Validation Exercise

1997
Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 4 Data Products
Sabreliner

NCAR Sabreliner

2 Campaigns · 21 Instruments
SHIFT

Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) High-Frequency Time Series

2022
Santa Barbara County, California, Pacific Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 13 Data Products
R/V Shearwater

R/V Shearwater

1 Campaign · 6 Instruments

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10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1435External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/769External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/CAMERA/DATA101External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1690External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1705External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1656External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1363External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1384External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/492External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/667External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/665External Link
10.5067/SMODE-WSLOPEExternal Link
10.5067/QB4JHGKXH16OExternal Link
10.5067/0OCZDB099FWRExternal Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1938External Link