2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

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Typical AVIRIS/Twin Otter Sensor Flight Plan, as prepared by the ASTL (Dixie Valley, NV, 2008)
together with the JPL PALS sensor missions
on the same aircraft, were also supported.
Engineering services included the design and
fabrication of a mounting system for the new
NOBALT air-sampling system on the WB-57
aircraft for the NOVICE missions. This included
the development of a stress analysis package and
related documentation for the JSC airworthiness
review.
As part of NASA’s response to the recent
Decadal Survey, the MASTER and AVIRIS
sensors together have been identified as
an airborne precursor to the proposed
HyspIRI satellite system. Data mining
of coincident MASTER and AVIRIS (and
HyMap) archival data was performed,
which will be used by the HyspIRI science
team for concept development. The two
sensors are slated to be flown together
on the ER-2 over selected sites as this
effort develops over the next several
years.
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