Instrument

PICARD
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development

This description will be added in a future version.

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)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Spectrometer/Radiometer

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance

Vertical Measurement Regions

Land Surface, Troposphere

Temporal Resolution

6.25-100 Hz

Spatial Resolution

5-50 m

Measurement Frequency

125-810 THz

Calibration Details

Currently unavailble

Online Information

https://asapdata.arc.nasa.gov/picard/index.html

Lead Investigator
Steven Platnick
Technical Contact
Steven Platnick
Instrument Maker
Currently unavailable
Funding Source
Currently unavailable
Overview Publications
Currently unavailable
Repositories
Currently unavailable

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

ER-2

NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

46 Campaigns · 105 Instruments

WDTS

Western Diversity Time Series

2020—2024

Southern California, Nevada, Pacific Ocean

Ongoing

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· 4 Data Products

GEMx

Geological Earth Mapping Experiment

2023—2025

Southwestern United States, California, Arizona, Nevada

Ongoing

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· 0 Data Products

Data Products

There are no data products linked to this campaign in CASEI - yet.

PICARDPushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development

Overview

Instrument Details

Instrument Operation

Data Products

PICARD
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development