AMS
Overview
OVERVIEW
The Autonomous Modular Sensor (AMS) is an airborne scanning spectrometer that acquires high spatial resolution imagery of the Earth's features from its vantage point on-board low and medium altitude research aircraft. Data acquired by AMS is helping to define, develop, and test algorithms for use in a variety of scientific programs that emphasize the use of remotely sensed data to monitor variation in environmental conditions, assess global change, and respond to natural disasters.
Missions are collected, processed, and maintained by the Airborne Sensor Facility located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. The ASF is operated under contract by the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Image Gallery
IMAGE GALLERY
- Fire Images
- Wildland fires captured during various missions aboard a small UAV in the Western US.
- Monterey Bay & Elkhorn Slough
- A selection of images from various flights in the Monterey Bay area.
- San Francisco Bay & Sacramento River Delta
- A selection of images acquired after the region was inundated with a month of heavy rain.
Sensor Configurations
SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS
- Wild Fire / Land Surface Scanner
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IFOV: 1.25 or 2.5 mrad FOV: 42.5 or 85.9 degrees Resolution: 3 - 50 meters
- Water Vapor Imager
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IFOV: 2.5 mrad FOV: 85.9 degrees Resolution: 50 meters (variable)
- Atmospheric Mapping Sensor
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IFOV: 2.5 mrad FOV: 85.9 degrees Resolution: 50 meters (variable)
- Ocean Color Imager
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IFOV: 2.5 mrad FOV: 85.9 degrees Resolution: 3 - 50 meters
RELATED WEB SITES
- Fire Mapping
- A collaborative project between NASA and the U.S. Forest Service to collect and distribute real-time fire imagery.
RELATED INSTRUMENTS
- MAS
- A multispectral scanner which collects 50 meter imagery from 65,000 feet above the Earth.
- MASTER
- The sister instrument to MAS which can be flown much closer to Earth's surface.
Zaca Fire (2007)
This animation shows 12 channels acquired over the Zaca Fire with the longer wavelengths penetrating the smoke.
- NASA Official: Matt Fladeland
- Project Manager: Jeff Myers
- Website Editor: Eric Fraim
- Last Updated: February 1, 2010