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[EN] The HyPlant imaging spectrometer is a high-performance airborne instrument consisting of two sensor modules. The DUAL module records hyperspectral data in the spectral range from 400-2500 nm, which is useful to derive biochemical and structural plant properties. In parallel, the FLUO module acquires data in the red and near infrared range (670-780 nm), with a distinctly higher spectral sampling interval and finer spectral resolution. The technical specifications of HyPlant FLUO allow for the retrieval of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), a small signal emitted by plants, which is directly linked to their photosynthetic efficiency. The combined use of both HyPlant modules opens up new opportunities in plant science. The processing of HyPlant image data, however, is a rather complex procedure, and, especially for the FLUO module, a precise characterization and calibration of the sensor is of utmost importance. The presented study gives an overview of this unique high-performance imaging spectrometer, introduces an automatized processing chain, and gives an overview of the different processing steps that must be executed to generate the final products, namely top of canopy (TOC) radiance, TOC reflectance, reflectance indices and SIF maps., We gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the European Space Agency (ESA) for airborne data acquisition, development of the HyPlant processing chain and data analysis in the frame of the HyFLEX campaign (ESA contract no. 4000107143/12/NL/FF/If CCN3), the FLEXSense campaign (ESA Contract No. RFP/3-15477/18/NL/NA) and the HYPER project (ESA Contract No. 4000112890/14/NL/FF/gp). The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) provided additional financial support by the SFB/TR 32 'Pattern in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modelling, and Data Assimilation' project D2. Moreover, this work has partially been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the German-Plant-Phenotyping Network (DPPN) (project identification number: 031A053), the European Union in the frame of the INTEREG project 'Sensor Products for Enterprises Creating Technological Opportunities in airborne Remote Sensing' (SPECTORS) (project identification number: 143081) and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number 721995 in the frame of the 'Training on Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Modelling' (TRuStEE) network.

The HyPlant imaging spectrometer is a high-performance airborne instrument consisting of two sensor modules. The DUAL module records hyperspectral data in the spectral range from 400–2500 nm, which is useful to derive biochemical and structural plant properties. In parallel, the FLUO module acquires data in the red and near infrared range (670–780 nm), with a distinctly higher spectral sampling interval and finer spectral resolution. The technical specifications of HyPlant FLUO allow for the retrieval of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), a small signal emitted by plants, which is directly linked to their photosynthetic efficiency. The combined use of both HyPlant modules opens up new opportunities in plant science. The processing of HyPlant image data, however, is a rather complex procedure, and, especially for the FLUO module, a precise characterization and calibration of the sensor is of utmost importance. The presented study gives an overview of this unique high-performance imaging spectrometer, introduces an automatized processing chain, and gives an overview of the different processing steps that must be executed to generate the final products, namely top of canopy (TOC) radiance, TOC reflectance, reflectance indices and SIF maps.

Recently, a joint Swiss/Belgian initiative started a project to build a new generation airborne imaging spectrometer, namely APEX (Airborne Prism Experiment) under the ESA funding scheme named PRODEX. APEX is a dispersive pushbroom imaging spectrometer operating in the spectral range between 380 - 2500 nm. The spectral resolution will be better then 10 nm in the SWIR and