The MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) is an airborne scanning spectrometer developed at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) with Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to support validation of MODIS and ASTER retrieval algorithms. MASTER is maintained and operated by the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF) at ARC. It provides visible-shortwave infrared and thermal infrared imagery and operates across 50 spectral channels in the 0.4-13 μm wavelength range. MASTER has a pixel spatial resolution of 5 to 50 meters and has a swath width of 1.87 to 37.25 km depending on the flight altitude. It has a typical scan rate of 6.25 Hz.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Land Surface > Surface Thermal PropertiesEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Thermal InfraredEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible RadianceEarth Science > Land Surface > Surface Thermal Properties > Land Surface TemperatureEarth Science > Land Surface > Surface Radiative Properties > EmissivityEarth Science > Land Surface > Surface Radiative PropertiesEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance
- Land Surface, Troposphere
- 6.25 Hz, 12.5 Hz, 25 Hz
- 5-50 m
- 23-750 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258115
Simon Hook
James Jacobson
ARC, JPL
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