SIMPL/AVIRIS-NG Greenland 2015: Flight Report

• Main Authors: Brunt, Kelly M., Markus, Thorsten, Neumann, Thomas A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Earth Resources and Remote Sensing; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Thule Air Base; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Thule Air; Thule
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160012306

In August 2015, NASA conducted a two-aircraft, coordinated campaign based out of Thule Air Base, Greenland, in support of Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite2 (ICESat-2) algorithm development. The survey targeted the Greenland Ice Sheet and sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the summer melt season. The survey was conducted with a photon-counting laser altimeter in one aircraft and an imaging spectrometer in the second aircraft. Ultimately, the mission, SIMPL/AVIRIS-NG Greenland 2015, conducted nine coordinated science flights, for a total of 37 flight hours over the ice sheet and sea ice.