Research Article

End-to-End Image Simulator for Optical Imaging Systems: Equations and Simulation Examples

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Simulated HypSEO Pan images (from IKONOS) for low TOA radiance (18 W*m−2*sr−1*μm−1 at albedo = 0.27, case “B” in Table 4), different spatial sampling (GSD) and pupil diameter ( ): (a)  m,  mm ( , MTF( ) = 0.09); (b)  m,  mm ( , MTF( ) = 0.18); (c)  m,  mm ( , MTF( ) = 0.17); (d) GSD = 5 m,  mm ( , MTF( ) = 0.22).
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