Scientific basis of ASTER instrument design

Yasushi Yamaguchi; Hiroji Tsu; Hiroyuki Fujisada

doi:10.1117/12.152841

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25 August 1993 Scientific basis of ASTER instrument design

Yasushi Yamaguchi, Hiroji Tsu, Hiroyuki Fujisada

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Proceedings Volume 1939, Sensor Systems for the Early Earth Observing System Platforms; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152841
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER), a multi- spectral imaging radiometer with 14 spectral bands, is a research facility instrument that will be launched in 1998 on NASA's EOS-AM1 platform. Characteristics of the ASTER data can be summarized as (1) wide spectral coverage from the visible to thermal infrared regions, (2) multispectral thermal infrared data with high spectral and spatial resolution and (3) stereoscopic capability in the along track direction. ASTER is currently being designed to meet the requirements given by the ASTER science team.

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Yasushi Yamaguchi, Hiroji Tsu, and Hiroyuki Fujisada "Scientific basis of ASTER instrument design", Proc. SPIE 1939, Sensor Systems for the Early Earth Observing System Platforms, (25 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152841

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