SYSIPHE, an airborne hyperspectral imaging system from visible to thermal infrared. Results from the 2015 airborne campaign.

SYSIPHE is an airborne hyperspectral imaging system covering all atmospheric transmission bands from 0.4μm to 11.5μm. The ground sampling distance is 0.5m over a 500m swath, with higher resolution available in the visible and NIR. SYSIPHE is flown on a Do-228 aircraft operated by DLR. The system also comprises a real-time processing capability and a ground postprocessing chain. The main information products are georeferenced images of spectral radiance, spectral emissivity and reflectance as well as a surface temperature map. After a certification campaign in 2013, qualification airborne campaign for military applications was carried out during the summer of 2015, and this system is now available to external users, representing a significant enhancement of airborne sensing capabilities in Europe. After a brief description of the system and of the 2015 campaign, we present some experimental results from this airborne campaign.