specMACS on NAWDIC campaign (December 2025 - February 2026)

summary of research flights

date	name	remarks
2025-12-11	HALO-1211	EMI Flight
2025-12-17	HALO-1217	RF00: Test Flight
2026-01-13	HALO-0113	RF01 - Ardara: Transfer flight OP - Shannon
2026-01-16	HALO-0116	RF02 - Bunratty: First research flight from Shannon
2026-01-17	HALO-0117	RF03 - Cork: Second research flight from Shannon
2026-01-20	HALO-0120	RF04 - Dublin: Third research flight from Shannon
2026-01-22	HALO-0122	RF05 - Galway: Fourth research flight from Shannon
2026-01-24	HALO-0124	RF06 - Kilkenny: Fifth research flight from Shannon
2026-01-28	HALO-0128	RF07 - Limerick: Sixth research flight from Shannon
2026-01-29	HALO-0129	RF08 - Midleton: Seventh research flight from Shannon
2026-01-31	HALO-0131	RF09 - Nenagh: Eighth research flight from Shannon
2026-02-02	HALO-0202	RF10 - Shannon: Ninth research flight from Shannon
2026-02-03	HALO-0203	RF11 - Sligo: Tenth research flight from Shannon
2026-02-06	HALO-0206	RF12 - Tullamore: Eleventh research flight from Shannon
2026-02-08	HALO-0208	RF13 - Valentia: Twelvth research flight from Shannon

specMACS products

Products derived from the specMACS data captured during NAWDIC campaign can be downloaded here.

the specMACS instrument

specMACS is a hyperspectral imager, capturing one image line at a time. It is sensitive in the range of approx. 400nm to 2500nm and has a field of view of approximately 35°. During NAWDIC it is mounted on the HALO aircraft facing downwards and is accompanied by two 2D polarization resolving cameras. In addition, there are two additional sidewards-looking polarization resolving cameras. More information can be found in Ewald et al. (2016) and Weber et al. (2024).

more information

If you have any questions or requests, please contact l.volkmer@physik.uni-muenchen.de.