Irradiance Calibration of Space-Based Infrared Sensors

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to develop a basis for irradiance calibration of spacebased infrared sensors. It is an extension of previous work that fully defines the context of the calibration, and the concepts of spectral composites and templates. We discuss four areas of work carried out during the past year; our accomplishments and failures; and our plans for the future. The four areas are: 1) Production and release of Version 3.0 of the Walker-Cohen Atlas of Calibrated Spectra, 2) Production and release of Version 1.1 of the Air Force Bright Spectral Atlas, 3) Extraction of zodiacal radiance data from the MSX Lunar OAR experiment DC32, and 4) Work on removing the non-rejected Earth radiance from MSX CB01 scans of the zodiacal dust near the Sun.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA418506

Entities

People

  • Martin Cohen
  • Russell Walker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Composite Materials
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Extraction
  • Flux Density
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Measurement
  • Production
  • Radiance
  • Space Based
  • Spacecraft
  • Spectra

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Software Engineering
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space