The Spaceborne Imaging Spectrometer Desis: Data Access, Outreach Activities, and Scientific Applications

The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) [1] is a spaceborne instrument installed and operated on the International Space Station (ISS). The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has developed the instrument and the software for data processing [2], while the US company Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE) provided the Multi-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) platform, where DESIS is installed, and the infrastructure for operations and data tasking [3]. The main parameters of the DESIS instrument are summarized in Table 1. DESIS is equipped with an on-board calibration unit and a rotating pointing mirror (POI). The POI can change the line of sight ±15° in the forward/backward direction (independently of the MUSES orientation), allowing BRDF measurements of the same area on ground within an overflight.