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PUSH-BROOM SENSOR [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

[A] type of hyperspectral sensor [that] uses a line of detectors [to scan] over a two dimensional scene.

CONT

The push-broom sensor is the size of a cigar box. From the air, the device can capture spectra reflected between 430 and 900 nm. In flight, it digitally collects 26 to 33 bands of data with a cross-track pixel count proportional to flight height: 1000-m altitude provides 1-m cross-track pixel, 2000-m altitude provides 2-m cross-track pixel, etc.

OBS

push-broom sensor: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Capteur dont le détecteur est constitué par de nombreuses cellules détectrices alignées qui reçoivent simultanément l'énergie radiative en provenance de la scène.

OBS

Le mode en peigne («push push broom mode») est le dispositif de fonctionnement d'une barrette linéaire de détecteurs à transfert de change (D.T.C.) qui assure l'exploration transversale de la scène sous scannage, par des procédés électroniques.

OBS

capteur en peigne : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
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