Ocean PHILLS hyperspectral imager: design, characterization, and calibration.
The Ocean Portable Hyperspectral Imager for Low-Light Spectroscopy (Ocean PHILLS) is a hyperspectral imager specifically designed for imaging the coastal ocean. It uses a thinned, backsideilluminated CCD for high sensitivity and an all-reflective spectrograph with a convex grating in an Offner configuration to produce a nearly distortionfree image. The sensor, which was constructed entirely from commercially available components, has been successfully deployed during several oceanographic experiments in 1999-2001. Here we describe the instrument design and present the results of laboratory characterization and calibration. We also present examples of remote-sensing reflectance data obtained from the LEO-15 site in New Jersey that agrees well with ground-truth measurements.
Curtiss
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Davis
Jeffrey
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Bowles
Robert
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Leathers
Daniel
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Korwan
T Valerie
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Downes
William
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Snyder
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Rhea
Wei
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Chen
John
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Fisher
Paul
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Bissett
Robert Alan
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Reisse