TY - GEN
T1 - Airborne multiangle spectro polarimetric imager (AirMSPI) observations over California during NASA's Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX)
AU - Diner, David J.
AU - Garay, Michael J.
AU - Kalashnikova, Olga V.
AU - Rheingans, Brian E.
AU - Geier, Sven
AU - Bull, Michael A.
AU - Jovanovic, Veljko M.
AU - Xu, Feng
AU - Bruegge, Carol J.
AU - Davis, Ab
AU - Crabtree, Karlton
AU - Chipman, Russell A.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI) is an ultraviolet/visible/near-infrared pushbroom camera mounted on a single-axis gimbal to acquire multiangle imagery over a ±67° along-track range. The instrument flies aboard NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft, and acquires Earth imagery with ∼10 m spatial resolution across an 11km wide swath. Radiance data are obtained in eight spectral bands (355, 380, 445, 470, 555, 660, 865, 935 nm). Dual photoelastic modulators (PEMs), achromatic quarter-wave plates, and wire-grid polarizers also enable imagery of the linear polarization Stokes components Q and U at 470, 660, and 865 nm. During January-February 2013, AirMSPI data were acquired over California as part of NASA's Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX), a field campaign designed to refine requirements for the future Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystem (ACE) satellite mission. Observations of aerosols, low- and mid-level cloud fields, cirrus, aircraft contrails, and clear skies were obtained over the San Joaquin Valley and the Pacific Ocean during PODEX. Example radiance and polarization images are presented to illustrate some of the instrument's capabilities.
AB - The Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI) is an ultraviolet/visible/near-infrared pushbroom camera mounted on a single-axis gimbal to acquire multiangle imagery over a ±67° along-track range. The instrument flies aboard NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft, and acquires Earth imagery with ∼10 m spatial resolution across an 11km wide swath. Radiance data are obtained in eight spectral bands (355, 380, 445, 470, 555, 660, 865, 935 nm). Dual photoelastic modulators (PEMs), achromatic quarter-wave plates, and wire-grid polarizers also enable imagery of the linear polarization Stokes components Q and U at 470, 660, and 865 nm. During January-February 2013, AirMSPI data were acquired over California as part of NASA's Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX), a field campaign designed to refine requirements for the future Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystem (ACE) satellite mission. Observations of aerosols, low- and mid-level cloud fields, cirrus, aircraft contrails, and clear skies were obtained over the San Joaquin Valley and the Pacific Ocean during PODEX. Example radiance and polarization images are presented to illustrate some of the instrument's capabilities.
KW - Aerosols
KW - AirMSPI
KW - Clouds
KW - Imaging polarimetry
KW - Remote sensing
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2024605
DO - 10.1117/12.2024605
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84889008422
SN - 9780819497239
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VI
T2 - Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VI
Y2 - 26 August 2013 through 29 August 2013
ER -