Targets, methods, and sites for assessing the in-flight spatial resolution of electro-optical data products

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 583-601

  Pagnutti, Mary ^a,b   Blonski, Slawomir ^c   Cramer, Michael ^d   Helder, Dennis ^e   Holekamp, Kara ^c   Honkavaara, Eija ^f   Ryan, Robert ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PRODUCTS; DYNAMIC RANGE; EDGE RESPONSE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; FAR FIELD; GROUND SAMPLE DISTANCES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMAGE PRODUCTS; IMAGE SCALE; IMAGE SHARPNESS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; REMOTE SENSING IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SINGLE IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TARGET TYPE; URBAN FEATURES;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ION BEAMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 79958803710     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-078     Document Type: Review

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