UAS Sensor Specification Requirement Levels

This table indicates the requirement level of each Sensor Specification metadata variable for each sensor type.

Use this to guide completion of the Sensor Specification metadata template for each sensor type.

Metadata element	Variable name	Optical RGB camera	Thermal camera	Point spectrometer	Imaging spectrometer	LiDAR
Sensor type	sensor_type	●	●	●	●	●
Manufacturer and model	make_model	●	●	●	●	●
Serial number	instrument_serial_num	○	●	●	●	●
Calibration date	calibration_date	x	◍	◍	◍	◍
Foreoptic	foreoptic	●	●	●	●	x
Image area and size	image_size	○	○	x	x	x
Shutter speed	shutter_speed	●	x	x	x	x
Focal length	focal_length	●	●	x	x	x
FOV	fov	◍	◍	◍	◍	●
ISO	iso	●	x	x	x	x
Focus	focus	○	○	x	○	x
White balance	white_balance	○	x	x	x	x
Quantization	quant	○	○	○	○	x
File format	file_format	●	●	●	●	●
Sensor measurement units	sensor_units	○	●	●	●	○
Accuracy	accuracy	x	●	●	●	●
Precision	precision	x	●	●	●	●
Sensitivity	sensitivity	○	●	●	●	○
Collection frame rate	frame_rate	○	●	x	●	●
Sensor spectral response functions	spectral_response_function	x	○	○	○	x
Integration time	integration_time	x	x	○	○	x
Spectral range	spectral_range	x	x	○	○	x
Spectral resolution	spectral_res	x	x	○	○	x
Navigation	nav_system	x	x	○	●	●
Spatial pixels	spatial_pixels	x	●	x	●	x
F-number	f_number	●	●	x	○	x
weight	weight	○	○	○	○	◍
LiDAR wavelength	lidar_wavelength	x	x	x	x	●
LiDAR channels	lidar_channels	x	x	x	x	●
LiDAR range	lidar_measurement_range	x	x	x	x	◍
Minimum angular Resolution	min_ang_res	x	x	x	x	◍
Angular resolution	ang_res	x	x	x	x	◍

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