OpAiRS – Optical Airborne Remote Sensing and Calibration Facility

Abstract

Since 1995 DLR is calibrating and operating airborne imaging spectrometers and is developing software tools for data processing and evaluation for different application fields. In November 2007 this service called “Optical Airborne Remote Sensing and Calibration Facility” (OpAiRS) has been ISO certified (ISO 9001:2000). The Calibration Home Base (CHB) is an optical laboratory for the calibration of airborne hyperspectral sensors and field spectrometers. It was partly funded by ESA and is operational since 2007 within OpAiRS. The automated image processing chain handles system correction, validation and calibration, ortho-rectification, atmospheric correction and quality control for all imagery and metadata OpAiRS also operates different field spectrometers for validation and vicarious calibration of remote sensing data, as well as in-situ measurements for multiple applications. Sensors that are in operation for 2010 and available to the community are DLR’s ROSIS and HyVista’s HyMap sensor.