Radiometric absolute accuracy improvements for imaging spectrometry with HySICS

Author

Kopp, Greg ; Pilewskie, Peter ; Belting, Chris ; Castleman, Zach ; Drake, Gryphon ; Espejo, Joey ; Heuerman, Karl ; Lamprecht, Bret ; Smith, Paul ; Vermeer, Bill

Author_Institution

Lab. for Atmos. & Space Phys., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

3518

Lastpage

3521

Abstract

The HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science (HySICS) is a spatial/spectral spectrometer for viewing Earth scenes with the ~0.2% (1-σ) radiometric accuracy needed for climate studies. Covering the reflected solar spectral region from 350 to 2300 nm with 6 nm resolution, this instrument will provide 0.5 km spatial resolution while covering a 100 km ground swath from low Earth orbit. A single focal plane array spans the entire spectral region, allowing for reduced mass, volume, and complexity for space flight applications compared to instrument designs with separate spectral regions.

Keywords

climatology; focal planes; hyperspectral imaging; natural scenes; radiometry; remote sensing; spectrometers; Earth scenes; HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science; focal plane array; ground swath; hysics; imaging spectrometry; low Earth orbit; radiometric absolute accuracy improvement; reflected solar spectral region; space flight applications; spatial resolution; spatial spectrometer; spectral region; spectral spectrometer; wavelength 350 nm to 2300 nm; Attenuation; Calibration; Earth; Instruments; Meteorology; Moon; Radiometry; Hyperspectral imaging; radiometry; spectrometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723588

Filename

6723588