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Appendix F
Airborne Sensors
Presented here is a short list of common airborne sensors and their general performance
capabilities. For an larger list of airborne sensors (acronyms and full names) see
http://ioc.unesco.org/oceanteacher/resourcekit/M3/Data/Measurements/Instrumentation/gcmd_sensors.htm.
Sensor
Spatial
Band/
Application
General
Resolution
Wavelength or
Information
(metric)
250
0.89-1.58m
Used to atmospherically
AC
correct high-spatial, low-
spectral resolution
multispectral sensors
ACE-FTS 0.021cm
2-13 m (infrared)
Measures the temperature,
4km vertical
vertical distribution of trace
resolution
gases and aerosols an thin
clouds
ATM
10- to 20-cm vertical
LIDAR-based
Beach topography, ice
resolution
sensor (microwave)
mapping, sea-surface
elevation, and wave
morphologies
4 20 m
400 - 2500 nm
Aerosols, ice, and water
AVIRIS
quality mapping and
ecologic and geologic
rview.html and
applications
26 156 cm
450, 550, 650 and
Terrestrial and
http://www.flidata.c
CAMIS
800 nm
oceanographic applications
om/prod02.htm
0.5 10 m
400 1000nm
Environmental monitoring,
CASI
forestry, pipeline
engineering, military,
agriculture, and water quality
EMERGE 0.3 0.6 m
Visible and infrared
Land use and agricultural
surveys
400 - 2500 nm
Agriculture, forestry,
HYDICE
environmental, mapping,
disaster management, and
surveillance
2 10 m
VIS,NIR, SWIR,
Agriculture, forestry,
http://www.intspec.
HYMAP
MIR and TIR
environmental, urban,
com/
geologic, and soil mapping
Can at collect <1 m
Microwave region
Topography
IFSAR
100 m
Microwave region
All-weather terrain imager.
http://airsar.jpl.nasa
JPL
Can penetrate forest canopy
.gov/index.htm
Airsar
48m
Visible and infrared
Bathymetry
http://shoals.sam.us
SHOALS
ace.army.mil/
~1 50 m
Thermal infrared
Mineral mapping and
http://www.dfrc.nas
TIMS
(8-12 m)
archeologic applications
a.gov/airsci/ER-
2/tims.html
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