The PROBA/CHRIS mission: A low-cost smallsat for hyperspectral multiangle observations of the earth surface and atmosphere

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1512-1520

  Barnsley, Michael J ^a   Settle, Jeff J ^b   Cutter, Mike A ^c   Lobb, Dan R ^c   Teston, Frederic ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Sira Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS); Hyperspectral; Imaging spectrometer; Multiangle; Project for On Board Autonomy (PROBA); Smallsat

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETERS;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (BRDF); COMPACT HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (CHRIS); HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGING SPECTROMETER; MULTIANGLE; PROJECT FOR ON-BOARD AUTONOMY (PROBA); SMALLSAT;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 3843063442     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.827260     Document Type: Article

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