The Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) is an airborne push-broom spectrometer developed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). PRISM was designed to help provide the necessary spectral, spatial, and temporal resolution needed to characterize events across coastal zones that satellite observations could not offer. The spectrometer within PRISM operates in the near ultraviolet to near-infrared range (350-1050 nm) to collect imagery across coastal ocean regions. PRISM also consists of a two-channel radiometer that operates in the short wave infrared (1240 and 1640 nm) wavelengths to provide accurate ocean color measurements. It has a high temporal resolution (167 Hz) and can fly below cloud flight altitudes allowing it to resolve spatial features down to 30 cm.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > ReflectanceEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean OpticsEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean ColorEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > ChlorophyllEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > RadianceEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry
- Land Surface, Troposphere
- 167 Hz
- 30 cm
- 285-857 THz, 242 THz, 186 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.53.001363
David Thompson
David Thompson, Sarah Lundeen
JPL
NASA ESTO, NASA Airborne Science Program, NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program
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