Kestrel's new FTVHSI instrument for hyperspectral remote sensing from light aircraft

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

doi:10.1117/12.262468

31 December 1996 Kestrel's new FTVHSI instrument for hyperspectral remote sensing from light aircraft

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

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Proceedings Volume 2960, Remote Sensing for Geography, Geology, Land Planning, and Cultural Heritage; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262468
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing III, 1996, Taormina, Italy

Abstract

During the past year, Kestrel Corporation has designed and built a low cost Fourier transform visible hyperspectral imager (FTVHSI) for deployment in a light aircraft (Cessna TU-206). The instrument is an imaging spectrometer employing a Sagnac (triangle) interferometer, that operates over a range of 450 - 1050 nm with 256 spectral channels, and a 13 degree FOV with an 0.8 mrad pixel IFOV (450 spatial channels). To aid in the calibration of the instrument, calibration and downwelling signals are recorded with every frame. Installed with the optical instrument are attitude sensors and a scene camera. This auxiliary data allows us to place a hyperspectral slice to within less than 5 m of its true position (using selective availability 'on' and differential GPS). We have performed extensive testing and calibration studies, including data collection conducted synchronously with ground measurements at locations including a White Sands radiometric calibration site. This paper reports some of the calibration studies and their results.

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Andrew D. Meigs, Eugene W. Butler, Bernard Al Jones, Leonard John Otten III, R. Glenn Sellar, Bruce Rafert, and John R. O'Hair "Kestrel's new FTVHSI instrument for hyperspectral remote sensing from light aircraft", Proc. SPIE 2960, Remote Sensing for Geography, Geology, Land Planning, and Cultural Heritage, (31 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262468

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