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Video camera
Video camera

Video cameras capture video recordings of various phenomena for research purposes. They are used on aircraft to provide continuous views of weather and terrain below the flight path. Video cameras are also employed to verify the aircraft's flight track. Additionally, they are deployed at field sites to monitor changes in vegetation, land cover, clouds, air quality, glaciers, and other Earth science phenomena.

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

Optical/Photon

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery

Vertical Measurement Regions

Land Surface, Troposphere

Temporal Resolution

Variable

Spatial Resolution

Variable

Measurement Frequency

Variable

Calibration Details

Currently unavailble

Online Information

Lead Investigator
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Technical Contact
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Instrument Maker
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Funding Source
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Overview Publications
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Repositories
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Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

UND Citation from MC3E campaign

UND Citation from MC3E campaign

Cessna Citation II

10 Campaigns · 24 Instruments

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia

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· 47 Data Products

a photo of the C-23 Sherpa aircraft

a photo of the C-23 Sherpa aircraft

Short Brothers C-23 Sherpa

4 Campaigns · 19 Instruments

Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment

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· 26 Data Products

Douglas DC-8

44 Campaigns · 180 Instruments

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)

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· 44 Data Products

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico

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· 20 Data Products

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific

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· 2 Data Products

Arctic Mechanisms of Interaction Between the Surface and Atmosphere

Arctic: Scandinavia and Greenland

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· 0 Data Products

Convection and Moisture Experiment

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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· 70 Data Products

Image of ER-2 taking off

Image of ER-2 taking off

NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

63 Campaigns · 108 Instruments

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific

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· 2 Data Products

Wisconsin Snow and Cloud Terra 2000 Experiment

Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Canada, Wisconsin

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· 0 Data Products

Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment

Central Pacific Ocean

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· 1 Data Product

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiment

Southern Great Plains, Southwestern United States

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· 1 Data Product

The CALIPSO-CloudSat Validation Experiment

Eastern United States, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

The Observing system Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) Observing System Test

Pacific Ocean, California, Hawaii (PTOST) Atlantic Ocean, Eastern United States, Canada (ATOST)

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· 0 Data Products

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission-Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere

Brazil, Southwest Amazon basin

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· 1 Data Product

Geoscience Laser Altimeter System Validation Experiment

Western United States, Pacific Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

WINter EXperiment

Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Canada

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· 0 Data Products

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

Azores and Madeira islands

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· 61 Data Products

P-3 Orion

28 Campaigns · 145 Instruments

Convection and Moisture Experiment

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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· 70 Data Products

Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment

Central Pacific Ocean

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· 1 Data Product

SnowEx

Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Alaska

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· 26 Data Products

Image of NASA's UH-1 helicopter

Image of NASA's UH-1 helicopter

UH-1 Huey

2 Campaigns · 7 Instruments

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

Boreal forests of central Canada

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· 303 Data Products

SPEC Learjet during the SEAC4RS campaign

SPEC Learjet during the SEAC4RS campaign

SPEC Inc. Learjet 25

8 Campaigns · 30 Instruments

Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment

Central Pacific Ocean

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· 1 Data Product

TExas and FLorida UNderflights

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· 0 Data Products

R/V Vickers

2 Campaigns · 4 Instruments

Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment

Central Pacific Ocean

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· 1 Data Product

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere - Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

Western Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea

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· 1 Data Product

Beechcraft B-200 King Air

34 Campaigns · 75 Instruments

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

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· 101 Data Products

Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment

East-Central Florida

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· 0 Data Products

NASA owned image of the DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

NASA owned image of the DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

21 Campaigns · 76 Instruments

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

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· 101 Data Products

Soil Moisture Experiment

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

Gulfstream-V

8 Campaigns · 37 Instruments

Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry

Northeastern Colorado, West Texas to Central Oklahoma, Northern Alabama

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· 19 Data Products

Image of the InSitu Scan Eagle

Image of the InSitu Scan Eagle

InSitu ScanEagle

1 Campaign · 6 Instruments

Marginal Ice Zone Ocean and Ice Observations and Processes Experiment

Southern Beaufort Sea, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

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· 0 Data Products

Gulfstream-159

3 Campaigns · 41 Instruments

CalWater

California, Sierra Nevada Range

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· 0 Data Products

Image of research vehicles used during DISCOVER-AQ

Image of research vehicles used during DISCOVER-AQ

Campaign Vehicles

20 Campaigns · 59 Instruments

Michigan-Ontario Ozone Source Experiment

Southern Ontario, Southeastern Michigan

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· 2 Data Products

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Campaign Field Sites

72 Campaigns · 168 Instruments

Prototype Validation Exercise

Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico

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· 4 Data Products

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

Azores and Madeira islands

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· 61 Data Products

a NASA-owned image of the Aerocommander aircraft

a NASA-owned image of the Aerocommander aircraft

Rockwell Aero Commander

4 Campaigns · 9 Instruments

Prototype Validation Exercise

Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico

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· 4 Data Products

Image of the SWIFT buoy

Image of the SWIFT buoy

Surface Wave Instrument Float with Tracking

2 Campaigns · 5 Instruments

Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge

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· 19 Data Products

Global Hawk

5 Campaigns · 28 Instruments

Global Hawk Pacific

Northern Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

photo of the research vessel Ronald H Brown

photo of the research vessel Ronald H Brown

R/V Ronald H. Brown

4 Campaigns · 52 Instruments

Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment

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· 0 Data Products

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Permanent Land Site

Campaign Permanent Land Sites

58 Campaigns · 84 Instruments

SUbsonic aircraft: Contrail & Clouds Effects Special Study

Central and Western United States

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· 1 Data Product

R/V Shearwater

1 Campaign · 6 Instruments

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment

Southern and Central California

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· 14 Data Products

Lockheed L-188C Electra

6 Campaigns · 35 Instruments

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

Gulfstream II

1 Campaign · 13 Instruments

Wakasa Bay Experiment

Wakasa Bay Experiment

Wakasa Bay, Japan, Sea of Japan, Western Pacific Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns

Platforms

CARVE: In-flight Videos from the CARVE Aircraft, Alaska, 2012-201510.3334/ORNLDAAC/1433

CampaignsCarbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment

PlatformsShort Brothers C-23 Sherpa

GPM GROUND VALIDATION DC-8 CAMERA NADIR GCPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/CAMERA/DATA102

CampaignsGPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

PlatformsDouglas DC-8

CAMEX-4 NOAA WP-3D VIDEO V110.5067/CAMEX-4/CAMERA/DATA102

CampaignsConvection and Moisture Experiment

PlatformsP-3 Orion

CAMEX-4 DC-8 FORWARD AND NADIR VIDEO V110.5067/CAMEX-4/CAMERA/DATA101

CampaignsConvection and Moisture Experiment

PlatformsDouglas DC-8

GPM GROUND VALIDATION CITATION VIDEOS IPHEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/CAMERA/DATA101

CampaignsIntegrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment, Radar Definition Experiment

PlatformsCessna Citation II

FIRE_MS_ELECTRA10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0126

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsLockheed L-188C Electra

BOREAS RSS-03 Imagery and Snapshots from a Helicopter-Mounted Video Camera10.3334/ORNLDAAC/289

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsUH-1 Huey