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The status of the Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) is reported at the beginning of the current flight season. Sensor performance based on laboratory measurements and trend data as well as a review of end of 1995 season performance is given as a measure of expected performance during the 1996 season which began in March of 1996. Recent improvements to the sensor's internal calibration source and measurements of instrument parameters are described. The effects of these enhancements on the reported data are also discussed along with and update onflight schedules and plans for 1996 flight operations.

As a calibrated imaging spectrometer flying at a 20 km altitude, AVIRIS may contribute to the Landsat and the Advanced Land Remote Sensing System efforts. These contributions come in the areas of: (1) on-orbit calibration, (2) specification of new spectral bands, (3) validation of algorithms, and (4) investigation of an imaging spectrometer of the Advanced Land Remote Sensing System.