Description

Flight line benthic cover measurements from the Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) instrument aboard the Tempus Applied Solutions Gulfstream-IV (G-IV) aircraft, taken as part of the NASA COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) Earth Venture Suborbital-2 (EVS-2) mission designed to provide an extensive, uniform picture of coral reef composition. The CORAL mission surveyed parts of the reefs surrounding the Mariana Islands, Palau, portions of the Great Barrier Reef, the main Hawaiian Islands, and the Florida Keys.

Product Summary

Platforms

G-IV

Instruments

PRISM

Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

GEODETIC

Temporal Extent

2016-06-20 to 2017-05-28

Data Partner

Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC)

Concept ID

C1653653611-OB_DAAC

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

276

Processing Level

Science Keywords

Ocean Chemistry ,

Ocean Optics

Citation

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NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group. (2016). Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) Regional Benthic Cover Data [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/PRISM/CORAL/L2/RBEN/V1 Date Accessed: 2026-01-17