EnMAP Hyperspectral Imager: an advanced optical payload for future applications in Earth observation programs

S. Hofer; H. J. Kaufmann; T. Stuffler; B. Penné; G. Schreier; A. Müller; A. Eckardt; H. Bach; U. C. Benz; R. Haydn

doi:10.1117/12.690608

3 October 2006 EnMAP Hyperspectral Imager: an advanced optical payload for future applications in Earth observation programs

S. Hofer, H. J. Kaufmann, T. Stuffler, B. Penné, G. Schreier, A. Müller, A. Eckardt, H. Bach, U. C. Benz, R. Haydn

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Proceedings Volume 6366, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VI; 63660E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.690608
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP^1,2) is a joint response of German Earth observation research institutions, value-adding (VA) resellers and space industry to the increasing demand on accurate, quantitative information about the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems. With its hyperspectral capabilities covering the visible, near- and short-wave infrared wavelengths, EnMAP will provide high quality, standardized, and consistent data on a timely and frequent basis. Its primary focus will be on the considerable improvement of already standardized products and the development of new quantitative and highly informative data and its derivatives. Only an imaging spectrometer, such as EnMAP, can resolve and detect biophysical, biochemical, and geochemical variables in distinct detail. This will tremendously increase our understanding of coupled biospheric and geospheric processes and thus, enable the management to ensure the sustainability of our vital resources. After a successfully accomplished phase A, EnMAP has been approved by the German Aerospace Agency in the beginning of 2006. The instrument performance allows for a detailed monitoring, characterisation and parameter extraction of vegetation targets, rock/soils, and inland and coastal waters on a global scale. By the scientific lead of the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) and the industrial prime ship of Kayser-Threde, the ongoing planning aims towards an internationalisation of the mission approach. The EnMAP instrument provides information based on 218 contiguous spectral bands in the wavelength range from 420 nm to 2450 nm. It is characterized by a SNR of > 500:1 in the VNIR and an SNR of >150:1 in the SWIR range at a ground resolution of 30 m x 30 m.

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S. Hofer, H. J. Kaufmann, T. Stuffler, B. Penné, G. Schreier, A. Müller, A. Eckardt, H. Bach, U. C. Benz, and R. Haydn "EnMAP Hyperspectral Imager: an advanced optical payload for future applications in Earth observation programs", Proc. SPIE 6366, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VI, 63660E (3 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.690608

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