Table 1.
Characteristics of the main commercially available hyperspectral sensors developed (or with potential) to be coupled with UAVs (adapted from Adão et al. [24]). The two sensors used in this study are highlighted in bold.
| Manufacturer | Sensor | Spectral Range (nm) | No. of Bands | Spectral Resolution (nm) |
Spatial Resolution (px) |
Acquisition Mode |
Weight (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaySpec | OCI-UAV-1000 | — | 100 | <5 | 2048 | Push-broom | 0.272 |
| Brandywine Photonics |
CHAI S-640 | — | 260 | 2.5–5 | 640 × 512 | Push-broom | 5 |
| CHAI V-640 | — | 256 | 5–10 | 640 × 512 | Push-broom | 0.48 | |
| Cubert GmbH | S 185—FIREFLEYE SE | 450–950 355–750 |
125 | 4 | 50 × 50 | Snapshot | 0.49 |
| S 485—FIREFLEYE XL | 450–950 550–1000 |
125 | 4.5 | 70 × 70 | Snapshot | 1.2 | |
| Q 285—FIREFLEYE QE | 450–950 | 125 | 4 | 50 × 50 | Snapshot | 3 | |
|
Headwall
Photonics Inc. |
Nano HyperSpec | 400–1000 | 272–775 | 6 | 640 | Push-broom | 1.2 |
| Micro Hyperspec VNIR |
380-1000 | 837–923 | 2.5 | 1004 1600 |
Push-broom | ~3.9 | |
| HySpex | VNIR-1024 | 400–1000 | 108 | 5.4 | 1024 | Push-broom | 4 |
| Mjolnir V-1240 | 400–1000 | 200 | 3 | 1240 | Push-broom | 4.2 | |
| HySpex SWIR-384 | 1000–2500 | 288 | 5.45 | 384 | Push-broom | 5.7 | |
| NovaSol | vis-NIR microHSI | 400–800 | 120 | 3.3 | 680 | Push-broom | ~0.45 |
| 400–1000 | 180 | ||||||
| 380–880 | 150 | ||||||
| Alpha-vis micro HSI | 400–800 | 40 | 10 | 1280 | Push-broom | ~2.1 | |
| 350–1000 | 60 | ||||||
| SWIR 640 microHSI | 850–1700 | 170 | 5 | 640 | Push-broom | 3.5 | |
| 600–1700 | 200 | ||||||
| Alpha-SWIR microHSI | 900–1700 | 160 | 5 | 640 | Push-broom | 1.2 | |
| Extra-SWIR microHSI | 964–2500 | 256 | 6 | 320 | Push-broom | 2.6 | |
| PhotonFocus | MV1-D2048x1088-HS05-96-G2 | 470–900 | 150 | 10–12 | 2048 × 1088 | Push-broom | 0.265 |
| Quest Innovations | Hyperea 660 C1 | 400–1000 | 660 | - | 1024 | Push-broom | 1.44 |
| Resonon | Pika L | 400–1000 | 281 | 2.1 | 900 | Push-broom | 0.6 |
| Pika CX2 | 400–1000 | 447 | 1.3 | 1600 | Push-broom | 2.2 | |
| Pika NIR | 900–1700 | 164 | 4.9 | 320 | Push-broom | 2.7 | |
| Pika NUV | 350–800 | 196 | 2.3 | 1600 | Push-broom | 2.1 | |
| SENOP | VIS-VNIR Snapshot | 400–900 | 380 | 10 | 1010 × 1010 | Snapshot | 0.72 |
| SPECIM | SPECIM FX10 | 400–1000 | 224 | 5.5 | 1024 | Push-broom | 1.26 |
| SPECIM FX17 | 900–1700 | 224 | 8 | 640 | Push-broom | 1.7 | |
| Surface Optics Corp. | SOC710-GX | 400–1000 | 120 | 4.2 | 640 | Push-broom | 1.25 |
| XIMEA | MQ022HG-IM-LS100-NIR | 600–975 | 100+ | 4 | 2048 × 8 | Push-broom | 0.032 |
| MQ022HG-IM-LS150-VISNIR | 470–900 | 150+ | 3 | 2048 × 5 | Push-broom | 0.3 |