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Imaging spectrometer technologies for advanced earth remote sensingA major requirement of multispectral imaging systems for advanced earth remote sensing is the provision for greater spectral resolution and more versatile spectral band selection. The imaging spectrometer instrument concept provides this versatility by the combination of pushbroom imaging and spectrally dispersing optics using area array detectors in the focal plane. The shuttle imaging spectrometer concept achieves 10- and 20-meter ground instantaneous fields of view with 20-nanometer spectral resolution from earth orbit. Onboard processing allows the selection of spectral bands during flight; this, in turn, permits the sensor parameters to be tailored to the experiment objectives. Advances in optical design, infrared detector arrays, and focal plane cooling indicate the feasibility of the instrument concept and support the practicability of a validation flight experiment for the shuttle in the late 1980s. Previously announced in STAR as N83-28542
Document ID
19840044412
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wellman, J. B.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Breckinridge, J. B.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kupferman, P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Salazar, R. P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sigurdson, K. B.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
84A27199
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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