The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) is an airborne multispectral spectrometer designed to simulate the satellite instrument Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS). MAS operates over 50 spectral channels in the 0.55 to 14.2 μm range, providing high-resolution images of clouds and surface features. It has a horizontal spatial resolution of 50 meters and a swath width of about 36 kilometers at an altitude of 20 km at nadir. Its scan rate is 6.25 Hz, with each scan line containing 716 pixels.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric RadiationEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible ImageryEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared ImageryEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible RadianceEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance
- Lower Stratosphere, Troposphere
- 6.25 Hz
- 50 m
- 21-545 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258115
James D. Jacobson Jr., Thomas Ellis, Steve Platnick
James D. Jacobson Jr.
Dædalus Enterprises, Inc
MODIS Science Team, EOS Project Science Office, NASA Radiation Science Program
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