Abstract

The Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer is a recently developed pushbroom imaging spectrometer airborne sensor designed to address the needs of coastal ocean science. We present here selected results from recent PRISM campaigns in Florida and California using the Twin Otter aircraft at a maximum altitude of ~20 kft. We also present a summary of improvements that will enable operation at an altitude of 60 kft using NASA’s ER-2 high altitude aircraft and their impact on instrument performance.

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