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satellite imagery of the Journada Experimental Range
satellite imagery of the Journada Experimental Range
satellite imagery of the Journada Experimental Range

PROVE

Prototype Validation Exercise

The Prototype Validation Exercise (PROVE) was a mini field campaign conducted in May 1997. Three different NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) instrument teams were involved: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). 

PROVE consisted of coordinated field, aircraft, and satellite measurements that were designed to maximize data collection and conduct cross comparisons. The 1997 campaigns were conducted in a grassland-shrub site on the Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico, and in a deciduous forest on the Walker Branch Watershed site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Principal Investigator

Jeff Privette

Partners

USDA

Data Centers

ORNL DAAC

Funding Programs

EOS Project Office, Terrestrial Ecology Program
Study DatesMay 20, 1997 - May 30, 1997
Season of StudyBoreal spring
RegionJornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, NM, and Oak Ridge, TN
Spatial Bounds

N: 35°N

S: 30°N

W: 107°W

E: 103°W

Focus AreasEarth Surface and Interior
Geophysical Concepts

Radiation and Energy Budget

Land Characteristics

Scientific Topics

Arid Land

Surface Reflectance

Albedo

Leaf Area Index

Surface Temperature

Canopy Structure

Radiation

Canopy Properties

Land Cover

Satellite Validation

PlatformInstrument(s)
ER-2

Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Classic (AVIRIS-C)

Digital Camera

Rockwell Aero Commander

Laser Altimeter

Digital Camera

C-185

Infrared Thermometer (IRT)

Generic-Radiometers (Gen-Radiometers)

Campaign Field Sites

Sunphotometer (Sunphotometer)

Video camera 

Generic-Atmospheric State (Gen-AtmsState)

Generic-Radiometers (Gen-Radiometers)

LI-COR Plant Canopy Analyzer (LI-COR Plant Canopy Analyzer)

Digital Camera 

LI-COR Quantum Sensor (LI-COR Quantum Sensor)

Laser altimeter

Pyranometer 

Spectron Engineering-590 Spectroradiometer (SE-590)

Thermal Infrared Radiometer (TIR)

Ceptometer 

Infrared Thermometer (IRT)

Analytical Spectral Devices Full Range spectrometer (ASD-FR)

Modular Multiband Radiometer (MMR)

Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR)

Portable Apparatus for Rapid Acquisition of Bidirectional Observation of the Land and Atmosphere (PARABOLA)

The following resources provide additional information about PROVE.