AVIRIS extensively mapped the region affected by the spill during 456 flights conducted between May 6 and October 4, 2010, at the request of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This map shows the 456 AVIRIS scenes that were collected as part of
the scientific response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico.
Data was acquired from May 6 through October 4, 2010.
Click on the map to search for and to download AVIRIS data products.
News Stories:
NASA Deploys Planes, Targets Satellites to Aid in Oil Spill Response
NASA Sensor Completes Initial Gulf Oil Spill Flights
Flow Rate Group Provides Preliminary Best Estimate Of Oil Flowing from BP Oil Well
Gulf oil spill: JPL manages airborne missions and places instruments to monitor spill
JPL Photojournal Page of AVIRIS Gulf Oil Spill Deployment
NASA's AVIRIS Instrument Highlighted During AGU Oil Spill Session
Measuring the Spill: How the Government Did It
NASA Lockheed ER-2 Aids Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response (Video)
Publications:
A Method for Qualitative Mapping of Thick Oil Spills Using Imaging Spectroscopy - Roger N. Clark, et al.
A Method for Quantitative Mapping of Thick Oil Spills Using Imaging Spectroscopy - Roger N. Clark, et al.
NASA Assets Used to Detect, Monitor and Measure
the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Michael Goodman
A Rapid Method for Creating Qualitative Images Indicative of Thick Oil Emulsion on the Ocean’s Surface from Imaging Spectrometer Data - Raymond Kokaly, et al.
AVIRIS and Oil Spill Ecosystem Response as presented at the AmeriFlux Science Meeting, January 31 - February 4, 2011.
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