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HyTES
Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer

The Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions Spectrometer (HyTES) is an airborne pushbroom imaging spectrometer developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It was created to support the Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) missions and has flown in several research missions since 2012. HyTES provides high spatial and spectral resolution measurements of brightness temperature, emissivity, and land surface temperature. It operates across 256 spectral channels between 7.5 and 12 µm wavelengths and has an integration time of 30 ms. HyTES has a horizontal resolution of 7 m and a swath width of 3.6 km at a flight altitude of 4 km. HyTES was funded through NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) Instrument Incubator Program (IIP).

Image of the HyTES instrument being removed from BAS aircraft
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Land Surface > Surface Thermal Properties > Land Surface Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Emissivity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature
Land Surface, Troposphere
30 ms
7 m
25-40 THz
External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2011.5747394
  • Simon Hook, Bjorn Eng

  • Simon Hook

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • NASA

  • External LinkOverview Publication

HyspIRI Airborne

Hyperspectral Infrared Imager Preparatory Airborne Campaign

2013—2018
Southern California, Western Nevada, Hawaii
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15 Deployments
· 15 Data Products
WDTS

Western Diversity Time Series

2020—2024
Southern California, Nevada, Pacific Ocean
Ongoing
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5 Deployments
· 4 Data Products
SHIFT

Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) High-Frequency Time Series

2022
Santa Barbara County, California, Pacific Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 9 Data Products

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External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2246