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APPLIED OPTICS
Volume 50, Issue 11, Pages 1501-1516Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001501
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- Office of Naval Research
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) is the first spaceborne hyperspectral sensor designed specifically for the coastal ocean and estuarial, riverine, or other shallow-water areas. The HICO generates hyperspectral images, primarily over the 400-900nm spectral range, with a ground sample distance of approximate to 90m (at nadir) and a high signal-to-noise ratio. The HICO is now operating on the International Space Station (ISS). Its cross-track and along-track fields of view are 42km (at nadir) and 192 km, respectively, for a total scene area of 8000km(2). The HICO is an innovative prototype sensor that builds on extensive experience with airborne sensors and makes extensive use of commercial off-the-shelf components to build a space sensor at a small fraction of the usual cost and time. Here we describe the instrument's design and characterization and present early images from the ISS. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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