The Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (eMAS) is an airborne cross-track scanning spectrometer operated by the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF) at NASA Ames Research Center. eMAS collects high-resolution imagery of cloud and surface features which can be used to help develop and test algorithms for MODIS satellite observations. It operates across 38 spectral channels at 0.445-14.1 µm wavelengths and has a scan rate of 6.25 Hz. eMAS has a spatial resolution of 50 m and a swath width of 37.25 km at an altitude of 20 km.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
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- Lower Stratosphere, Troposphere
- 6.25 Hz
- 50 m
- 21-674 THz
- https://asapdata.arc.nasa.gov/emas/data/configs/eMAS_Solar_Reflectance_Band_Calibration_for_SEAC4RS.pdf
Kerry G. Meyer, James D. Jacobson Jr., Thomas Ellis, Steve Platnick
Steve Platnick
Daedalus Enterprises, Inc., Berkeley Camera Engineering, USU Space Dynamics Laboratory, and Ames Research Center
Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO)
