Modeling the noise equivalent radiance requirements of imaging spectrometers based on scientific applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2002, Pages 5691-5701

  Schläpfer, Daniel ^a   Schaepman, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; NOISE EQUIVALENT RADIANCE;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0037144821     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005691     Document Type: Article

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