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SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTION

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PICARD Spectral Bands
Shows target spectral response function for each band of the PICARD instrument.
View the target SRFs

SPECIFICATIONS

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PICARD Design Parameters
Type: VNIR-SWIR Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
Platform: NASA ER-2, & G-V
Ground Speed: Variable (depending on altitude)
Altitude: 1 - 20 Km (5,000 - 65,000 Ft)
Pixel Spatial Resolution: 5 - 50 Meters (depending on altitude)
Pixels per Spectral Band: 412 (roll corrected)
Integration Time: 5.2 - 80mSec (limited by frame rate/altitude)
Swath Width: 2 - 16 Km (depending on altitude)
Field of View: 50°
Telescope: f/2.8 30mm 4-mirror anastigmat
Effective Focal Length 30.4mm
Instantaneous FOV (cross track): 2.12 mrad
Instantaneous FOV (along track): 1.00 mrad
Roll Correction: +/- 15°
Data Channels: 204
Spectral Bands: 204 (digitized to 16-bit resolution)
VNIR Spectrometer: 64 10nm FWHM bands, 370 - 990nm
SWIR Spectrometer: 140 10nm FWHM bands, 1.00 - 2.40µm
Frame Rate: 6.25 - 100Hz (depending on integration time)
Radiometric Calibration: Integrating Lamp / Dark Current
(ground-based & on-board)

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PICARD VNIR Spectrometer Target SRFs
(in microns)
Band Number FWHM Center
1 0.009958 0.378595
2 0.009970 0.388391
3 0.009981 0.398187
4 0.009993 0.407984
5 0.010004 0.417780
6 0.010016 0.427576
7 0.010027 0.437372
8 0.010039 0.447169
9 0.010050 0.456965
10 0.010062 0.466761
11 0.010074 0.476558
12 0.010085 0.486354
13 0.010097 0.496150
14 0.010108 0.505947
15 0.010120 0.515743
16 0.010131 0.525539
17 0.010143 0.535335
18 0.010154 0.545132
19 0.010166 0.554928
20 0.010177 0.564724
21 0.010189 0.574521
22 0.010200 0.584317
23 0.010212 0.594113
24 0.010223 0.603909
25 0.010235 0.613706
26 0.010246 0.623502
27 0.010258 0.633298
28 0.010269 0.643095
29 0.010281 0.652891
30 0.010292 0.662687
31 0.010304 0.672483
32 0.010315 0.682280
33 0.010327 0.692076
34 0.010338 0.701872
35 0.010350 0.711669
36 0.010361 0.721465
37 0.010373 0.731261
38 0.010384 0.741058
39 0.010396 0.750854
40 0.010407 0.760650
41 0.010419 0.770446
42 0.010430 0.780243
43 0.010442 0.790039
44 0.010453 0.799835
45 0.010465 0.809632
46 0.010476 0.819428
47 0.010488 0.829224
48 0.010499 0.839020
49 0.010511 0.848817
50 0.010522 0.858613
51 0.010534 0.868409
52 0.010545 0.878206
53 0.010557 0.888002
54 0.010568 0.897798
55 0.010580 0.907594
56 0.010591 0.917391
57 0.010603 0.927187
58 0.010614 0.936983
59 0.010626 0.946780
60 0.010637 0.956576
61 0.010649 0.966372
62 0.010660 0.976169
63 0.010672 0.985965
64 0.010683 0.995761
PICARD SWIR Spectrometer Target SRFs
(in microns)
Band Number FWHM Center
65 0.009900 1.008538
66 0.009911 1.018548
67 0.009921 1.028558
68 0.009932 1.038568
69 0.009943 1.048578
70 0.009953 1.058588
71 0.009964 1.068598
72 0.009974 1.078608
73 0.009985 1.088618
74 0.009995 1.098628
75 0.010006 1.108638
76 0.010016 1.118648
77 0.010027 1.128658
78 0.010038 1.138668
79 0.010048 1.148678
80 0.010059 1.158688
81 0.010069 1.168698
82 0.010080 1.178708
83 0.010090 1.188718
84 0.010101 1.198728
85 0.010112 1.208738
86 0.010122 1.218748
87 0.010133 1.228758
88 0.010143 1.238768
89 0.010154 1.248778
90 0.010164 1.258788
91 0.010175 1.268798
92 0.010186 1.278808
93 0.010196 1.288818
94 0.010207 1.298828
95 0.010217 1.308838
96 0.010228 1.318848
97 0.010238 1.328858
98 0.010249 1.338868
99 0.010260 1.348877
100 0.010270 1.358887
101 0.010281 1.368897
102 0.010291 1.378907
103 0.010302 1.388917
104 0.010312 1.398927
105 0.010323 1.408937
106 0.010333 1.418947
107 0.010344 1.428957
108 0.010355 1.438967
109 0.010365 1.448977
110 0.010376 1.458987
111 0.010386 1.468997
112 0.010397 1.479007
113 0.010407 1.489017
114 0.010418 1.499027
115 0.010429 1.509037
116 0.010439 1.519047
117 0.010450 1.529057
118 0.010460 1.539067
119 0.010471 1.549077
120 0.010481 1.559087
121 0.010492 1.569097
122 0.010503 1.579107
123 0.010513 1.589117
124 0.010524 1.599127
125 0.010534 1.609137
126 0.010545 1.619147
127 0.010555 1.629157
128 0.010566 1.639167
129 0.010577 1.649177
130 0.010587 1.659187
131 0.010598 1.669197
132 0.010608 1.679207
133 0.010619 1.689217
134 0.010629 1.699227
135 0.010640 1.709237
136 0.010650 1.719247
137 0.010661 1.729257
138 0.010672 1.739267
139 0.010682 1.749277
140 0.010693 1.759287
141 0.010703 1.769297
142 0.010714 1.779307
143 0.010724 1.789317
144 0.010735 1.799327
145 0.010746 1.809337
146 0.010756 1.819347
147 0.010767 1.829357
148 0.010777 1.839367
149 0.010788 1.849377
150 0.010798 1.859387
151 0.010809 1.869397
152 0.010820 1.879406
153 0.010830 1.889416
154 0.010841 1.899426
155 0.010851 1.909436
156 0.010862 1.919446
157 0.010872 1.929456
158 0.010883 1.939466
159 0.010894 1.949476
160 0.010904 1.959486
161 0.010915 1.969496
162 0.010925 1.979506
163 0.010936 1.989516
164 0.010946 1.999526
165 0.010957 2.009536
166 0.010967 2.019546
167 0.010978 2.029556
168 0.010989 2.039566
169 0.010999 2.049576
170 0.011010 2.059586
171 0.011020 2.069596
172 0.011031 2.079606
173 0.011041 2.089616
174 0.011052 2.099626
175 0.011063 2.109636
176 0.011073 2.119646
177 0.011084 2.129656
178 0.011094 2.139666
179 0.011105 2.149676
180 0.011115 2.159686
181 0.011126 2.169696
182 0.011137 2.179706
183 0.011147 2.189716
184 0.011158 2.199726
185 0.011168 2.209736
186 0.011179 2.219746
187 0.011189 2.229756
188 0.011200 2.239766
189 0.011211 2.249776
190 0.011221 2.259786
191 0.011232 2.269796
192 0.011242 2.279806
193 0.011253 2.289816
194 0.011263 2.299826
195 0.011274 2.309836
196 0.011284 2.319846
197 0.011295 2.329856
198 0.011306 2.339866
199 0.011316 2.349876
200 0.011327 2.359886
201 0.011337 2.369896
202 0.011348 2.379905
203 0.011358 2.389915
204 0.011369 2.399925

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