APEX; current status of the airborne dispersive pushbroom imaging spectrometer

J. Nieke, K.I. Itten, J.W. Kaiser, D. Schlapfer, J. Brazile, W. Debruyn, K. Meuleman, P. Kempeneers, A. Neukom, H. Feusi, P. Adolph, R. Moser, T. Schilliger, P. Kohler, M. Meng, J. Piesbergen, P. Strobl, M.E. Schaepman, J. Gavira, G.J. UlbrichR. Meynart

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Abstract

Recently, a joint Swiss/Belgian initiative started a project to build a new generation airborne imaging spectrometer, namely APEX (Airborne Prism Experiment) under the ESA funding scheme named PRODEX. APEX is a dispersive pushbroom imaging spectrometer operating in the spectral range between 380 - 2500 nm. The spectral resolution will be better then 10 nm in the SWIR and <5 nm in the VNIR range of the solar reflected range of the spectrum. The total FOV will be +/- 14 deg, recording 1000 pixels across track with max. 300 spectral bands simultaneously. APEX is subdivided into an industrial team responsible for the optical instrument, the calibration homebase, and the detectors, and a science and operational team, responsible for the processing and archiving of the imaging spectrometer data, as well as for its operation. APEX is in its design phase and the instrument will be operationally available to the user community in the year 2006.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE Vol. 5542, Earth Observing Systems IX
EditorsW.L. Barnes, J.J. Butler
Pages109-116
Volume5542
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Airborne imaging spectrometer
  • APEX
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Hyperspectral
  • Imaging spectrometry

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