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PRISM
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer

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.

Image of the PRISM spectrometer
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

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Reflectance
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Radiance
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry
Land Surface, Troposphere
167 Hz
30 cm
285-857 THz, 242 THz, 186 THz
https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.53.001363External Link
HyspIRI Airborne

Hyperspectral Infrared Imager Preparatory Airborne Campaign

2013—2018
Southern California, Western Nevada, Hawaii
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15 Deployments
· 15 Data Products

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10.5067/SMODE-PRSM1External Link
10.5067/SMODE-PRISM2-REFLExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-PRISM2-CHLAExternal Link