The Airborne Spectro-polarimeter for Planetary EXploration (SPEX Airborne) is a polarimeter that flies aboard NASA’s ER-2 aircraft. It was created to test the capabilities of the spaceborne SPEX instrument by studying the effects of aerosols on climate and air quality based on measurements taken aboard an aircraft. SPEX Airborne provides hyperspectral and multiangle measurements of radiance and the degree of linear polarization at nine equidistant viewing angles in the visible wavelength range of 400-760 nanometers.
Instrument Details
- Optical/Photon
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > AerosolsEarth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Optical Depth/thicknessEarth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Particle Properties
- Troposphere
- 1.75 seconds
- 1 degree
- 394.5 - 749.5 THz
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Otto Hasekamp
Otto Hasekamp
SRON
NWO, NASA, JPL, California Institute of Technology
Unpublished
 NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft 48 Campaigns · 106 Instruments |  Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar 2017 Western United States 1 Deployment · 6 Data Products
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