Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Processing/Boresighting


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Feb 28, 2012, 4:22:17 PM (13 years ago)
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    55Every time the instruments are placed in the aircraft a new boresight flight has to be undertaken over the [wiki:Processing/CalibSite calibration site]. This may just be at the start of the flying season or multiple times throughout the year. At the end of the flying season a boresight flight is undertaken to check if any change has occurred.
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    7 == Hyperspectral Boresight Procedure ==
     7== Hyperspectral Boresight Procedure ==#Hyperspectral
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    9 Flight requirements:
     9=== Flight requirements: ===
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    1111 * Multiple flight lines taken along different flight paths
     
    1616Typically we collect fully overlapping flight lines going along the compass directions: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
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    18 Processing technique:
     18=== Processing technique: ===
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     20The first stage of the processing is to remove possible timing offsets due to the [wiki:Processing/Corrections/Timing navigation synchronisation problems]. This is because an along track shift occurs as consequence of the timing error and needs to be resolved first.
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     22When these timing offsets have been identified the boresight procedure can begin. This is currently a case of processing the data with different boresight values (given in roll, pitch and heading angular offsets) and finding a set which appears to minimise location errors for all the flight lines.
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     24As a good starting point it is useful to use the opposite flight direction flight lines to solve for roll and pitch. As a roll error will manifest itself as an across track shift and a pitch error as an along track shift. Be wary though that heading errors will also appear as a mixture of across and along track shifts. Heading errors are best identified using parallel lines with a 50% along track overlap.