multispectral

[ muhl-tee-spek-truhl, muhl-tahy- ]

adjective

(of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Origin of multispectral

First recorded in 1965–70; multi- + spectral

By comparing strain rates derived from Sentinel-1’s radar readings to multispectral images captured by Landsat satellites, she’s found that increasing strain rates often foreshadow the spread of a crack through ice.
Frozen | Alice Dragoon | August 24, 2022 | MIT Technology Review
Although we can’t directly view Earth’s core, Psyche will use a multispectral imager, an instrument that uses filters and two cameras to obtain high-resolution geologic, compositional, and topographical data from the asteroid.
NASA wants to use the sun to power future deep space missions | Tatyana Woodall | November 25, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Rocks containing limonite, a hydrous iron oxide, may be identified readily from Landsat multispectral Scanner data.
Deserts | A. S. Walker

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