Independent laboratory characterization of NEO HySpex VNIR-1600 and NEO HySpex SWIR-320M-E hyperspectral imagers

Kurzfassung

DLR’s Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF) recently acquired a sensor suite for airborne hyperspectral imaging, a NEO (short for: Norsk Elektro Optikk A/S) HySpex VNIR-1600 and a NEO HySpex SWIR-320m-e. The combined wavelength range covers the spectrum between 410 nm and 2500 nm. Since this sensor suite will be used as a simulator for the hyperspectral mission EnMAP, its properties need to be characterized in detail. The characterization is performed at DLR’s calibration laboratory for imaging spectrometers in Oberpfaffenhofen, which is also the calibration home base (CHB) for APEX. In addition, the measurements are compared to the characterization performed by NEO prior to the delivery of the instruments.