Design, construction, and operation of the Naval Postgraduate School's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (NUVIS)
By: Todd A. Hooks
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Description: Hyperspectral imaging spectrometers produce an image, comprised of the standard two dimensional spatial      scene and the corresponding spectra of each scene. Hyperspectral imaging is a relatively new and fast growing      field with both commercial and military applications. Commercial applications vary from vegetation      identification and mapping, surface geological identification and mapping to atmospheric composition and      mapping. Military applications include target identification and classification, airborne chemical identification      and mapping, and rocket plume identification. This thesis describes the design and operation of the NPS      Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (NUVIS). NUVIS is a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer designed to      investigate the ultraviolet region of the spectrum. NUVIS is comprised of a scanning mirror, telescope      assembly using an off axis parabolic mirror, a slit, a flat field imaging diffraction grating, an image intensified      camera assembly, and the support controlling electric and electronic hardware and software. This is part a      continuing project to build, test and use this sensor in support of military and government agencies.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): David D. Cleary.

Thesis (M.S. in Physics) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 73)

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