Camera to monitor research flights, movie data from forward facing aircraft recorded at one frame per second (aafcammovie)

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Cameras are installed in the cockpit of ARM s research aircraft looking forward and on some campaigns in the belly of the plane looking down at the ground. When a single camera is flown, the higher resolution P1347 camera is placed in the cockpit. Otherwise, it is positioned in the nadir and the P1344 camera is placed in the cockpit.

Both cameras take one picture per minute, which are then stitched into a flight-long video providing context for the measurements taken on board. The forward camera shows if the plane is in cloud or clear air. The nadir camera shows the surface the aircraft is flying over, such as land, water, or cloud, to provide insight into factors affecting the on-board nadir radiometers. The images are useful for determining vegetation cover as well.

Location

Cordoba, Argentina; Mobile Facility (CACTI)
  • Latitude: -33.09273911
  • Longitude: -64.27000427
  • Publication Date: 2018-11-04
  • Start Date: 2018-11-04
  • End Date: 2018-11-04
  • Last Updated: 2020-06-10

Instrument Mentor

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#cam-air

Albert Mendoza
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Alyssa Matthews
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1632816
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2018, updated hourly. Video camera aboard aircraft (AAFCAMMOVIE). 2018-11-04 to 2018-11-04, ARM Mobile Facility (COR) Cordoba, Argentina; Gulfstream 159 Aircraft (F1). Compiled by A. Matthews and A. Mendoza. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed .