This instrument uses scanning optics and four spectrometers to image a 614-pixel swath simultaneously in 224 adjacent spectral bands.
[1] The main objective of the AVIRIS project is to identify, measure, and monitor constituents of the Earth's surface/ atmosphere based on molecular absorption and particle scattering signatures.
Research with AVIRIS data is predominantly focused on understanding processes related to the global environment and climate change.
AVIRIS research areas include ecology, oceanography, geology, snow hydrology, cloud and atmospheric studies.
AVIRIS measures upwelling radiance through 224 contiguous spectral channels at 10 nanometer intervals across the spectrum.