This document gives a general introduction to the NERC Scientific Services (NSS) Airborne Remote Sensing Facility. The contents are mainly aimed at current and prospective users of the facility; to descirbe the aircraft platform and sensors, their capabilities, and to aid in the planning of airborne missions to derive the highes quality data for a particular application. Later sections are intended to cover the processing applied to the data, to produce radiometrically calibrated data products, and the geometric correction capability available to the user. An extensive Appendices are provided which contain details of the NERC ARS Facility and ancillary information on sensor characteristics and data format, useful for reference during image analysis and further processing by the user.

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