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Chieftain
Piper Navajo Chieftain

3: Campaigns
3: Data Products

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

The Chieftain is a twin-engine propeller aircraft manufactured by Piper Aircraft. It is smaller and simpler is design compared to other research aircraft making it easier for pilots to handle and fly for a variety of missions. It has a maximum flight altitude of 27,000 feet, a maximum range of about 1,165 miles, and a maximum payload capacity of up to 3,000 lbs.

Online information

https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/aircraft-and-ownership/aircraft-fact-sheets/piper-navajo-chieftain

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BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996

Boreal forests of central Canada

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Start Date	End Date
1994-02-02	1994-09-19
1996-02-27	1996-10-21

· 303 Data Products

Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI)

SAFARI 2000

Southern African Regional Science Initiative

1999—2001

Southern Africa

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Start Date	End Date
2000-02-01	2000-03-31
2001-03-01	2001-03-31
1999-08-01	1999-09-30
2000-08-01	2000-09-30

· 117 Data Products

Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors (Gen-Chemistry)

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998

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

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Start Date	End Date
1991-11-13	1991-12-07
1992-06-01	1992-06-25
1998-04-08	1998-07-30
1986-10-13	1986-11-02
1987-06-30	1987-07-19

· 131 Data Products

Generic-Microphysics Probes (Gen-Microphysics)

Generic-Atmospheric State (Gen-AtmsState)

Generic-Radiation Sensors (Gen-Radiation)

Data Products

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Campaigns

Instruments

BOREAS RSS-19 1994 CASI At-Sensor Radiance and Reflectance Images10.3334/ORNLDAAC/537

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

InstrumentsCompact Airborne Spectrographic Imager

BOREAS Follow-On DSP-06 CASI LAI and Canopy Closure of Conifer Flux Tower Sites10.3334/ORNLDAAC/592

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

InstrumentsCompact Airborne Spectrographic Imager

BOREAS RSS-19 1996 CASI At-Sensor Radiance and Reflectance Images10.3334/ORNLDAAC/538

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

InstrumentsCompact Airborne Spectrographic Imager

ChieftainPiper Navajo Chieftain

Overview

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Chieftain
Piper Navajo Chieftain