1. Introduction

Airborne Multi-Spectral Scanner

The Airborne Multi-Spectral Scanner(AMSS) is a NASDA-developed instrument in the ADEOS-II/GLI preparatory program with the following basic objectives :

• to confirm the GLI (spaceborne sensor of ADEOS-II) design specifications
• to provide early data for developing of retrieval algorithms
• to calibrate and validate the spaceborne GLI data with underflight experiments
• to use AMSS as a research tool for future instrument development

 
Applications : Measurement of atmospheric , the physical content such as chlorophyll, dissolved organic substances, surface temperature, vegetation distribution, vegetaion biomass, distribution of snow and ice, and albedo of snow and ice. AMSS will be flown on a Beechcraft-200 aircraft together with AMR and CASI.