Data from the Synthetic Aperture Radar and Hyperspectral Airborne campaign (SHAC) run by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the British National Space Centre (BNSC). The campaign intended to provide support for industrial and academic research into earth resource and environmental monitoring. The campaign was managed by NRSC- now Infoterra. Fourteen different locations were flown in May and June 2000 in the campaign (see Fig.1), logistical constraints requiring two aircraft be used to fly the two instruments individually. The campaign involved a large number of researchers from NERC-EPFS and CEH, BAE Systems and InfoTerra on the ground collecting information vital to making best use of the airborne data: simultaneous spectral, sun photometer and GPS measurements and the installation by DERA, now QinetiQ, of corner reflectors to gain geo-coding of the E-SAR data. The outcome was previously unavailable, state-of the art, airborne data of the UK, which informed 11 research projects. The following list details the various SHAC2000 projects flown ScotSHAC campaign in Glen Affric Woodhouse, I., University of Edinburgh Fractional ground cover estimation from hyperspectral radiometry. Davenport, I., University of Reading Radar measurements of wheat crops at the Boxworth site. Quegan, S., University of Sheffield Land Surface Biophysical Parameters from Multi-angular Hyperspectral and SAR data. Lewis, P. , UCL Carbon Offset Verification of Forest Ecosystems. Dawson, T. , University of Oxford Remote Sensing of Leaks from Aqueducts. Malthus, T.,University of Edinburgh Integration of SAR and hyperspectral airborne data for quantitative analysis of estuarine convergent fronts and water quality (ref: BNSC SHAC 99/004). Ferrier, G., University of Hull Synergy of HyMap and digital elevation data for the analysis of upland peat erosion pattern and composition. McMorrow, J., University of Manchester Thetford Forest: Retrieval of biodiversity indicators for temperate forest from remote sensing; and Monks Wood: Quantifying habitat structure and quality for woodland birds. Balzter, H., CEH- NERC Remote sensing of hydrology and vegetation dynamics in the New Forest. Milton, E., University of Southampton Assessing the environmental impact of historical basemetal mining at Parys Mountain, Anglesey, with HyMap data. Lamb, A. and Denniss, A., Infoterra Ltd.

Hyperspectral remote sensing measurements using the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX) instrument onboard the DO228-212 /D-CFFU - DLR aircraft for the HiLBilly- Hyperspectral imaging of lake biogeochemical properties in optically-complex systems (HILBILLY) project (flight reference: apex_dlr-dornier_20150710_LakeGeneve). Data were collected over the Lake Biel and Lake Geneva, Switzerland area. The APEX (Airborne Prism EXperiment) instrument is an imaging spectrometer developed by a Swiss-Belgian consortium on behalf of ESA. It is operated jointly by VITO (Belgium) and RSL (Switzerland). Please see the link to the APEX website from this record for further details.

In situ atmospheric measurements using the ERA SkyArrow IBIMET core instruments onboard the ERA SkyArrow-IBIMET aircraft for the BLLATE2 - Boundary Layer Late Afternoon Transition Experiment 2 project (flight reference: skyarrow_iop3_20110620_bllate2). Data were collected over the Lannemezan, France area.

Profiles of greenhouse gases CO, CO2 and CH4 taken on board a small aircraft descending in a spiral from approximately 4,420m to about 300m a.s.l. (as close to the forest canopy as possible). Samples were taken by semi-automatically filling 12 (for the Tabatinga (TAB 69.7W, 6.0S), Alta Floresta (ALF 56.7W, 8.9S) and Rio Branco (RBA 67.9W, 9.3S) sites) and 17 (for the Santarem (SAN 65.0W, 2.9S) site) 0.7-litre flasks controlled from a microprocessor and contained in one suitcase. The profiles were taken frequently throughout the measurement campaign (2010-2012) between 12:00 and 13:00 local time - at which time, the boundary layer is close to being fully developed. Once a vertical profile had been sampled (one suitcase filled) it was analysed at the IPEN Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory in Sao Paulo, using a replica of the NOAA/ ESRL trace gas analysis system.

Hyperspectral remote sensing measurements using the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX) instrument onboard the DO228-212 /D-CFFU - DLR aircraft for the HiLBilly- Hyperspectral imaging of lake biogeochemical properties in optically-complex systems (HILBILLY) project (flight reference: apex_dlr-dornier_20150710_LakeBiel). Data were collected over the Lake Biel and Lake Geneva, Switzerland area. The APEX (Airborne Prism EXperiment) instrument is an imaging spectrometer developed by a Swiss-Belgian consortium on behalf of ESA. It is operated jointly by VITO (Belgium) and RSL (Switzerland). Please see the link to the APEX website from this record for further details.

Hyperspectral remote sensing measurements using the ARSF Optech Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper 3033 LIDAR, ARSF Rollei Digital Camera, ARSF Specim AISA Eagle and ARSF Specim AISA Hawk instruments onboard the NERC ARSF Dornier Do228-101 D-CALM Aircraft for the ADDRESSS - ADvanced Digital REmote sensing in Ecology and earth Sciences Summer School (EUFAR10_07) (flight reference: 2010_234d). Data were collected over the Tihany, Hungary area.

Hyperspectral remote sensing measurements using the ARSF Optech Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper 3033 LIDAR, ARSF Rollei Digital Camera, ARSF Specim AISA Eagle and ARSF Specim AISA Hawk instruments onboard the NERC ARSF Dornier Do228-101 D-CALM Aircraft for the A.NEW - Airborne observations of Nonlinear Evolution of internal Waves generated by internal (tidal) beams (EUFAR10_03) project (flight reference: 2010_197). Data were collected over the Lisbon, Portugal area.

Hyperspectral remote sensing measurements using the ARSF Rollei Digital Camera, ARSF AsiaFENIX hyperspectral imager and ARSF Optech Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper 3033 LIDAR instruments onboard the NERC ARSF Dornier Do228-101 D-CALM Aircraft for the MEDhy^2CON- MEDiterranean HYdrological and HYperspectral monitoring of landscape CONnectivity in contrasting Mediterranean insular catchments (Mallorca, Spain) (EUFAR15_38) project (flight reference: 2015_268). Data were collected over the Mallorca, Spain area.

In situ atmospheric measurements using the SAFIRE ATR42 Core Instrument suite onboard the ATR42 - SAFIRE aircraft for the icare-QUAD- Quality of Airborne Data (ICARE-QAD) project (flight reference: as59). Data were collected over the Toulouse, France area.

In situ atmospheric measurements using the SAFIRE Piper-Aztec Core Instrument suite onboard the PIPER AZTEC - SAFIRE aircraft for the BLLATE1 - Boundary Layer Late Afternoon Transition Experiment 1 project (flight reference: az14). Data were collected over the Lannemezan, France area.