Advanced Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging System (AAHIS)

Miles Q. Topping; Joel E. Pfeiffer; Andrew W. Sparks; Kevin T. C. Jim; Dugan Yoon

doi:10.1117/12.453794

8 November 2002 Advanced Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging System (AAHIS)

Miles Q. Topping, Joel E. Pfeiffer, Andrew W. Sparks, Kevin T. C. Jim, Dugan Yoon

Proceedings Volume 4816, Imaging Spectrometry VIII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453794
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

The design, operation, and performance of the fourth generation of Science and Technology International's Advanced Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Sensors (AAHIS) are described. These imaging spectrometers have a variable bandwidth ranging from 390-840 nm. A three-axis image stabilization provides spatially and spectrally coherent imagery by damping most of the airborne platform's random motion. A wide 40-degree field of view coupled with sub-pixel detection allows for a large area coverage rate. A software controlled variable aperture, spectral shaping filters, and high quantum efficiency, back-illuminated CCD's contribute to the excellent sensitivity of the sensors. AAHIS sensors have been operated on a variety of fixed and rotary wing platforms, achieving ground-sampling distances ranging from 6.5 cm to 2 m. While these sensors have been primarily designed for use over littoral zones, they are able to operate over both land and water. AAHIS has been used for detecting and locating submarines, mines, tanks, divers, camouflage and disturbed earth. Civilian applications include search and rescue on land and at sea, agricultural analysis, environmental time-series, coral reef assessment, effluent plume detection, coastal mapping, damage assessment, and seasonal whale population monitoring

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Miles Q. Topping, Joel E. Pfeiffer, Andrew W. Sparks, Kevin T. C. Jim, and Dugan Yoon "Advanced Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging System (AAHIS)", Proc. SPIE 4816, Imaging Spectrometry VIII, (8 November 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453794

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