Linear-Array Apertures For In-Flight Dynamic Solar Calibration Of Radiometric Channels For Earth Radiation-Budget Applications

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorTira, N. E.en
dc.contributor.authorMahan, J. Roberten
dc.contributor.authorLee, R. B.en
dc.contributor.authorKeynton, R. J.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2014-02-24en
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-04T15:12:21Zen
dc.date.available2014-04-04T15:12:21Zen
dc.date.issued1994-07-01en
dc.description.abstractThe zero-frequency gain of nonimaging radiometers used in Earth radiation-budget applications is usually verified by a procedure that allows the instrument to view the Sun through an appropriate attenuating aperture and then equates its response to the known attenuated solar constant. However, channel intercomparison often requires that data from a low-resolution, relatively slow instrument such as an active-cavity radiometer be compared with data from a high-resolution, fast instrument such as a scanning thermistor-bolometer radiometer. In such a case, consideration of the difference in the dynamic responses of the two channels may be important. A novel technique for in-flight measurement of the radiometric transfer function of such instruments is described and then demonstrated through the use of a high-order dynamic model of the total, wide-field-of-view, nonscanning channel of NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE).en
dc.description.sponsorshipRadiation Sciences Branch of the Atmospheric Sciences Division at NASA Langley Research Center NAG1-1016, NAG1-1167en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationNour E. Tira, J. R. Mahan, Robert B. Lee, and R. J. Keynton, "Linear-array apertures for in-flight dynamic solar calibration of radiometric channels for Earth radiation-budget applications," Appl. Opt. 33, 5617-5627 (1994). doi: 10.1364/AO.33.005617en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1364/AO.33.005617en
dc.identifier.issn0003-6935en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46927en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-33-24-5617en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherOptical Society of Americaen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectInstrumentsen
dc.titleLinear-Array Apertures For In-Flight Dynamic Solar Calibration Of Radiometric Channels For Earth Radiation-Budget Applicationsen
dc.title.serialApplied Opticsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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