spaceborne imaging spectrometer
C28986
concept
A spaceborne imaging spectrometer is an instrument mounted on a satellite that captures images across many narrow, contiguous spectral bands to measure and analyze the spectral properties of Earth's surface and atmosphere.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| multispectral imaging sensor | 7 |
| spaceborne imaging spectrometer canonical | 2 |
| Landsat instrument | 1 |
| infrared imaging spectrometer | 1 |
| mapping spectrometer | 1 |
| mineralogical mapping instrument | 1 |
| multispectral imaging system | 1 |
| ocean color monitoring sensor | 1 |
| ocean color sensor | 1 |
| ocean colour sensor | 1 |
| space-based Earth observation instrument | 1 |
| spaceborne imaging spectroradiometer | 1 |
| visible and infrared thermal imaging spectrometer | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: spaceborne imaging spectrometer
Generated description
A spaceborne imaging spectrometer is an instrument mounted on a satellite that captures images across many narrow, contiguous spectral bands to measure and analyze the spectral properties of Earth's surface and atmosphere.
Instances (19)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| MicrOmega infrared imaging spectrometer | infrared imaging spectrometer |
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HySI (Hyper Spectral Imager)
surface form:
HySI
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— |
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VEX
surface form:
VIRTIS
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visible and infrared thermal imaging spectrometer |
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VIRTIS
surface form:
VIRTIS-M
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mapping spectrometer |
| Panoramic Camera | multispectral imaging system |
| Operational Land Imager | multispectral imaging sensor |
| Thermal Infrared Sensor | Landsat instrument |
| Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer | spaceborne imaging spectroradiometer |
| OMEGA | — |
| Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera | space-based Earth observation instrument |
| LISS-I sensor | multispectral imaging sensor |
| LISS-I | multispectral imaging sensor |
| Ocean Colour Monitor | ocean color sensor |
| OCM | ocean colour sensor |
| LISS-II sensor | multispectral imaging sensor |
| LISS-II | multispectral imaging sensor |
| OCM-2 | ocean color monitoring sensor |
| LISS-III | multispectral imaging sensor |
| LISS-IV | multispectral imaging sensor |