HgCdTe Detector Responsivity and GOES Instrument Calibration

Abstract

A model is developed for the responsivity of HgCdTe detectors employed in the GOES Sounder and Imager instruments. Response non-linearity is related to the calibrated radiometric accuracy of the instruments. The model, in the form of a computer code, could be utilized to expedite pre-launch calibration of GOES satellite instruments and to provide confidence in GOES in-orbit calibration procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378126

Entities

People

  • W. E. Bicknell

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Equations
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Materials
  • Measurement

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Space