Pegasus: Design of a stratospheric long endurance UAV system for remote sensing

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Everaerts, J ^a   Lewyckyj, N ^a   Fransaer, D ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; High resolution; LIDAR; Multisensor; Multispectral; SAR; Thermal

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS; HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORM; HIGH RESOLUTION; MULTI SENSOR; MULTI-SPECTRAL; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; THERMAL;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85008059625     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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