# Imaging Spectrometers

Name | Full Name | Manufacturer | Operator | Number of Bands | Spectral Coverage
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AAHIS | Advanced Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging System | SETS Technology |  | 288 | 432-832
AHS | Airborne Hyperspectral Scanner | Daedalus Enterprise Inc. |  | 48 | 433-12700
AIP | Airborne Instrument Program | Lockheed | NASA Johnson Space Center |  | 2000-6400
AIS-1 | Airborne Imaging Spectrometer | "NASA, JPL" | "NASA, JPL" | 128 | "900-2100, 1200-2400"
AIS-2 | Airborne Imaging Spectrometer | "NASA, JPL" | "NASA, JPL" | 128 | "800-1600, 1200-2400"
AISA | Airborne Imaging Spectrometer for Applications | Specim Ltd. | Specim Ltd. | 286 | 450-900
AMS | Airborne Modis Simulator (based on Daedalus AADS-1268) |  | NASA | 50 | 530-15500
AMSS | Airborne Multispectral Scanner MK-II | Geoscan Pty Ltd. | Geoscan Pty Ltd. | 46 | 500-12000
ASAS | Advanced Solid State Array Spectroradiometer | NASA | NASA | 62 | 400-1060
ASTER Simulator | ASTER Simulator | GER Corp. | "JAPEX Geoscience Institute, Tokyo" | 24 | 760.0-12000
AVIRIS | Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | "NASA, JPL" | "NASA, Ames" | 224 | 400-2450
CAESAR | CCD Airborne Experimantal Scanner for Applicators in Remote Sensing | NLR |  | 12 | 520-780
CASI | Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager | Itres Research |  | 288 | 430-870
CHRISS | Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrograph Sensor | Science Applications Int. Corp. (SAIC) | "SETS Technology, Inc." | 40 | 430-860
CIS | Chinese Imaging Spectrometer | Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics |  | 91 | 400-12500
DAIS 21115 | Digital Airborne Imaging Spectrometer | GER Corp. |  | 211 | 400-12000
DAIS 3715 | Digital Airborne Imaging Spectrometer | GER Corp. |  | 37 | 400-12000
DAIS 7915 | Digital Airborne Imaging Spectrometer | GER Corp. | DLR, Germany | 79 | 400-12000
EPS-A | Environmental Probe System | GER Corp. |  | 32 | 400-12000
FLI / PMI | Flourocence Line Imager / Porgrammable Multispectral Imager | Moniteq Ltd. | Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans | 228 | 430-805
FTVFHSI | Fourier-Transform Visible Hyperspectral Imager | "Kestrel Corp., FIT" |  | 256 | 440-1150
GERIS | Geophysical and Environmental Research Imaging Spectrometer | GER Corp. |  | 63 | 400-2500
HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer | NASA | EOS | 192 | 400-2500
HRIS |  | ESA |  |
HYDICE | Hyperspectral Digital Imagery Collection Experiment | Naval Research Laboratory | ERIM | 210 | 413-2504
IISRB | Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | Bomem |  | 1720 | 3500-5000
IMSS | Image Multispectral Sensing | Pacific Advanced Technology |  | 320 | 2000-5000
IRIS | Infrared Imaging Spectroradiometer | ERIM |  | 256 | 2000-15000
ISM | Imaging Spectroscopic Mapper | DESPA |  | 128 | 800-3200
LIVTIRS 1 | Livermore Imaging Fourier Transform Imaging Spectrometer | Lawrence Livermore |  |  | 3000-5000
LIVTIRS 2 | Livermore Imaging Fourier Transform Imaging Spectrometer | Lawrence Livermore |  |  | 8000-12000
MAIS | Modualr Airborne Imaging Spectrometer | Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics |  | 71 | 440-11800
MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator | Daedalus Enterprise Inc. | NASA Ames & GSFC | 50 | 530-14500
MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer | ESA |  | 15 | 400-1050
MIDIS | Multiband Identification and Discrimination Imaging Spectroradiometer | "Surface Optics Corp., JPL" |  | 256 | 400-30000
MIVIS | Multispectral Infrared and Visible Imaging Spectrometer | Daedalus Enterprise Inc. | "CNR, Rome" | 102 | 433-12700
MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer | NASA | EOS | 36 | 415-14240
ROSIS | Reflective Optics System Imaging Spectrometer | DLR, GKSS, MBB | DLR | 128 | 450-850
SFSI | SWIR Full Spectrographic Imager | CCRS | CCRS | 122 | 1200-2400
SMIFTS | Spatially Modulated Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer | Hawaii Institute of Geophysics |  | 75 | 1000-5000
SSTI HSI | Small Satellite Technology Initiative Hyperspectral Imager | TRW Inc. | NASA | 384 | 400-2500
TRWIS III | TRW Imaging Spectrometer | TRW Inc. |  | 384 | 300-2500
VIFIS | Variable Interference Filter Imaging Spectrometer | Univ. of Dundee |  | 60 | 440-890
VIMS-V | Visible Infrared Mapping Spectrometer | ASI | NASA Cassini Mission | 512 | 300-1050
WIS | Wedge Imaging Spectrometer | Hughes St. Barbara Research Center |  | 170 | 400-2500

I post this list on the net as is. I hope I will receive many comments and enhancements! The best book for compiling such a list is:

### Herbert J. Kramer

Survey of Missions and Sensors
Second Edition with 170 Figures and 244 Tables, p. 580
Springer-Verlag, 1994
ISBN 3-540-57858-7
ISBN 0-387-57858-7

Created by schaep on Mittwoch, 6. November 1996. For more information, please send mail to schaep@geo.unizh.ch.