This guide summarizes the NASA ER-2 instrument suite for the FIREX-AQ 2019 field campaign. The NASA ER-2 flew from its home base at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, CA. Flights occurred during only the Western phase of FIREX-AQ, 2 - 21 August 2019. Final data for some instruments may not yet be available at these linked data locations, please contact the indicated person for additional information.
| Instrument | Contact | Data Location | Instrument Description | Satellite Analogs | Spectral Range | Spectral Resolution | Nominal Spatial Resolution @ER-2 Cruise | Nominal Swath @ER-2 Cruise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirMSPI | Gerard van Harten, NASA JPL | NASA ASDC AirMSPI Project | Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager | MISR, MAIA | 355-935 nm | 8 bands (3 polarimetric) | 10m | 10km |
| AVIRIS-C | Chuck Sarture, NASA JPL | NASA JPL AVIRIS Portal | Hyperspectral Vis-SWIR spectrometer | EMIT, SBG | 370-2550 nm | 9.8 nm | 20m | 11km |
| CPL | John Yorks, NASA GSFC | NASA GSFC CPL Portal | 3-channel backscatter lidar with polarization | CALIPSO, CATS-ISS | 355, 532, 1064 nm | - | 200m | (30m vertical) |
| eMAS | Jeff Myers, NASA ARC (L1B); Rob Levy, NASA GSFC (AOD) |
NASA ARC eMAS Portal (imagery); NASA GSFC MAS/eMAS Portal (data) |
Vis-IR scanning spectrometer | MODIS, VIIRS, ABI | 445-2400 nm, 3.7 µm, 6.7-14.0 µm |
>40nm 38 bands |
50m | 37km |
| GCAS | Scott Janz, NASA GSFC | NASA FIREX-AQ Archive | UV-Vis-NIR hyperspectral spectrometer | TROPOMI, TEMPO | 300-890 nm | .2-.4nm | 500m | 16km |
| NAST-I | Allen Larar, NASA LaRC | NASA FIREX-AQ Archive | IR scanning interferometer | AIRS, CrIS | 3.5-16 µm | 0.25 cm-1 | 2600m | 40km |
| S-HIS | Joe Taylor, University of Wisconsin | NASA FIREX-AQ Archive | IR scanning interferometer | AIRS, CrIS | 3.3-18 µm | 0.50 cm-1 | 2000m | 40km |
| NAV and meteorology | Mike Garay, NASA JPL | NASA FIREX-AQ Archive | Aircraft navigational and meteorological | ICARTT format |