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Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation

AVIRIS-NG

AVIRIS-NG is an acronym for the Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation.

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Mission Statistics

Type

Instrument, Ground-based

Target

Earth

Status

Current

About the mission

AVIRIS-NG is an acronym for the Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation. AVIRIS-NG has been developed to provide continued access to high signal-to-noise ratio imaging spectroscopy measurements in the solar reflected spectral range. AVIRIS-NG is expected to replace the AVIRIS-Classic instrument that has been flying since 1986.

AVIRIS-NG measures the wavelength range from 380 nm to 2510 nm with 5 nm sampling. Spectra are measured as images with 600 cross-track elements and spatial sampling from 0.3 m to 4.0 m from a Twin Otter platform. In the future, a high altitude platform is expected to be available. AVIRIS-NG has better than 95% cross-track spectral uniformity and >= 95% spectral IFOV uniformity.

Mission Events

  • April 2015: Joins investigation into mysterious methane hot spot
  • June 2013: JPL has partnered with the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Chevron Corporation in a recent field experiment that demonstrated advanced technologies for measuring methane emissions.

Instruments

  • Silicon detectors
  • Liquid-nitrogen-cooled detectors

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