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The Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) is the successor to AVIRIS-C and provides high signal-to-noise ratio imaging spectroscopy measurements in 425 contiguous spectral channels with wavelengths in the solar-reflected spectral range (380-2510 nm) with 5 nm spectral resolution. It has a spatial resolution of 18 meters at 20 kilometer altitude.

AVIRIS-NG started operation in 2012 and was designed to operate aboard NASA’s ER-2, Twin Otter, and B-200 aircraft. The instrument supports applications in many areas, including plant composition and function, geology and soils, greenhouse gas mapping, and calibration of orbital platforms.

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Instrument Type

Spectrometer/Radiometer

Instrument Subtype

Imaging Spectrometer/Radiometer

Specifications

Resolution

Spatial

Variable, ranging from sub-meter to 20 meters, dependent on flight altitude; 36 degree field of view with 600 cross-track elements

Spectral

Resolution: 5 nm
Range: 380 to 2510 nm

Temporal

100 Hz

Platforms

Related Data Centers/Projects

ORNL DAAC

NASA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center specializes in data and information relevant to terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecology, and environmental processes.
AVIRIS Facility Instruments

NASA's Airborne Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Facility Instruments project utilizes high-performance imaging spectrometers to collect high resolution hyperspectral imaging data, enabling a wide range of research and applications to identify, measure, and monitor the Earth's surface and atmosphere.

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