Project Title:
Airborne Multispectral Polarization Imager
08.10-5649A
910262
Airborne Multispectral Polarization Imager
Daedalus Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 1869
Ann Arbor
MI
48106
Steven D.
Cech
313-769-5649
ARC
NAS2-13507
150
08.10-5649A
910262
Abstract:
Airborne Multispectral Polarization Imager
This effort will investigate the feasibility of designing and fabricating a passive,
airborne, multispectral polarization imager. This system will operate in a pushbroom,
line-scanner mode using multiple, linear, silicon arrays to acquire scene polarization
data. This system will acquire enough information to allow the determination of the
first three Stokes parameters of the reflected scene energy. To date, multispectral
polarization data has been collected using single-point profilers or film-based analog
image recording techniques. The innovation of the proposed instrument will be to
extend the power capabilities of airborne, digital scanner systems to include polarization
selective detection. A polarization scanner system has shown potential in the determination
of leaf area index, as well as plant development stage, leaf water content, and crop
damage or disease.
It is anticipated that this instrument will find application in all commercial remote
sensing programs involving precise measurements of reflected or emitted electromagnetic
fields.
polarization, imager, multispectral, airborne, vegetation