MASTER GEMx 2025

CAMPAIGN SUMMARY INFORMATION

GEMx 2025
Dates: May - September, 2025
Location: Western USA
Principal Investigators: Kokaly (USGS)
Aircraft: NASA 806 ER-2 (Armstrong Flight Research Center)
Additional Sensors: AVIRIS-C / AVIRIS-5
Objective: The Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx) research project will use NASA's Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS), Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES), and MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instruments flown on NASA's ER-2 and Gulfstream V aircraft to collect the measurements over the country's arid and semi-arid regions, including parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Processing Information
Flights Processed: 13
Total Flight Tracks: 116
Total Scanlines: 778,815
Status: Campaign in progress

Related Web Sites
GEMx / Earth MRI Campaign Mission List
GEMX Press Release
USGS Earth MRI
EOS Project Science Office
NASA Airborne Science Program
Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS)

GEMx 2025 Missions
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23 May 2025 Flight: 25-945-00	30 May 2025 Flight: 25-948-00	30 May 2025 Flight: 25-950-00	30 May 2025 Flight: 25-951-00
06 Jun 2025 Flight: 25-952-00	11 Jun 2025 Flight: 25-954-00	12 Jun 2025 Flight: 25-955-00	27 Jun 2025 Flight: 25-956-00
01 Jul 2025 Flight: 25-957-00	16 Jul 2025 Flight: 25-961-00	23 Jul 2025 Flight: 25-963-00	24 Jul 2025 Flight: 25-964-00
25 Jul 2025 Flight: 25-965-00