Verification of spectral and panchromatic band design of the MOMS-02 sensor flown aboard STS-55/D2

Michael Berger; Hermann J. Kaufmann; Dieter Meissner

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17 August 1994 Verification of spectral and panchromatic band design of the MOMS-02 sensor flown aboard STS-55/D2

Michael Berger, Hermann J. Kaufmann, Dieter Meissner

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Proceedings Volume 2357, ISPRS Commission III Symposium: Spatial Information from Digital Photogrammetry and Computer Vision; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182840
Event: Spatial Information from Digital Photogrammetry and Computer Vision: ISPRS Commission III Symposium, 1994, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The modular optoelectronic multispectral/stereo scanner (MOMS-02) is a second generation instrument, flown during the D2 mission aboard Space Shuttle flight STS-55. The sensor provided multispectral data in four wavebands covering the visible and near-infrared range. In addition, MOMS-02 is equipped with a three line along-track stereo device that recorded for/aft and nadir panchromatic data. Centering and widths of all bands for the spectral and panchromatic modules have been newly designed. Thus, the narrower and distinct positioned bandpasses allow a somewhat more distinct recording of vegetational targets in the VIS/NIR range and an improvement in discrimination of various rock/soil types independently of the very high spatial resolution. The bandpass used for the panchromatic modules has also been rearranged to optimize for the contrast of vegetation to rock/soil targets. Entropy, SNR, and PSF performances are comparable to operational sensors like HRV or TM. However, data of band 3 are slightly weaker in their performance especially in the SNR. First imagery are presented on the basis of a merging concept for high resolving panchromatic and multispectral data.

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Michael Berger, Hermann J. Kaufmann, and Dieter Meissner "Verification of spectral and panchromatic band design of the MOMS-02 sensor flown aboard STS-55/D2", Proc. SPIE 2357, ISPRS Commission III Symposium: Spatial Information from Digital Photogrammetry and Computer Vision, (17 August 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182840

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