A Summary of the Performance and Long-Term Stability of the Pre-Launch Radiometric Calibration Facility for the Clouds and the Earth'S Radiant Energy System (ceres) Instruments
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing(2013)
摘要
The Radiometric Calibration Facility (RCF) at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems was used between 1995 and 2008 to establish the prelaunch calibration of the first six Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments, with the seventh CERES instrument scheduled to be tested in the RCF in 2012. This paper reviews the performance of the RCF radiometric standards, which are the narrow-field blackbody (NFBB) and the short-wave reference source, as well as the RCF transfer active-cavity radiometer, in the context of the CERES prelaunch calibration process. A detailed investigation of the long-term stability of these standards over the 1999-2008 time span of CERES FM5 testing is reported, showing that the RCF calibrations in the long and short waves have remained stable relative to the NFBB absolute reference at levels of 0.06% and 0.5%, respectively, over the eight-year span.
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Radiometric Calibration,Calibration Stability,Absolute Radiometric Calibration
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