Airborne visible hyperspectral imaging spectrometer: optical and system-level description

Andrew D. Meigs; Eugene W. Butler; Bernard Al Jones; Leonard John Otten III; R. Glenn Sellar; Bruce Rafert

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13 November 1996 Airborne visible hyperspectral imaging spectrometer: optical and system-level description

Andrew D. Meigs, Eugene W. Butler, Bernard Al Jones, Leonard John Otten III, R. Glenn Sellar, Bruce Rafert

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Proceedings Volume 2819, Imaging Spectrometry II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258074
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

During the past year, Kestrel Corporation has designed and built a low cost Fourier transform hyperspectral imager for deployment in a light aircraft. The instrument is a pushbroom imaging spectrometer employing a Sagnac interferometer. The instrument operates over a range of 350- 1050 nm with 256 spectral channels, and a 13 degree FOV with an 0.8 mrad IFOV. Installed with the optical instrument are attitude sensors, a scene camera, a downwelling sensor and in-flight calibration equipment. This paper will focus on the description of both the optical system and the support equipment used in this revolutionary instrument.

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Andrew D. Meigs, Eugene W. Butler, Bernard Al Jones, Leonard John Otten III, R. Glenn Sellar, and Bruce Rafert "Airborne visible hyperspectral imaging spectrometer: optical and system-level description", Proc. SPIE 2819, Imaging Spectrometry II, (13 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258074

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