Spectral characterizations of the clouds and the Earth's radiant energy system (CERES) thermistor bolometers using Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) techniques

K. Lee Thornhill; Herbert C. Bitting; Robert Benjamin Lee III; Jack Paden; Dhirendra K. Pandey; Kory J. Priestley; Susan Thomas; Robert S. Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.304714

26 March 1998 Spectral characterizations of the clouds and the Earth's radiant energy system (CERES) thermistor bolometers using Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) techniques

K. Lee Thornhill, Herbert C. Bitting, Robert Benjamin Lee III, Jack Paden, Dhirendra K. Pandey, Kory J. Priestley, Susan Thomas, Robert S. Wilson

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Proceedings Volume 3361, Thermosense XX; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304714
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) techniques are being used to characterize the relative spectral response, or sensitivity, of scanning thermistor bolometers in the IR region. The bolometers are being used in the clouds and the Earth's radiant energy system (CERES) program. The CERES measurements are designed to provide precise, long term monitoring of the Earth's atmospheric radiation energy budget. The CERES instrument houses three bolometric radiometers, a total wavelength sensor, a shortwave sensor, and an atmospheric window sensor. Accurate spectral characterization is necessary for determining filtered radiances for longwave radiometric calibrations.

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K. Lee Thornhill, Herbert C. Bitting, Robert Benjamin Lee III, Jack Paden, Dhirendra K. Pandey, Kory J. Priestley, Susan Thomas, and Robert S. Wilson "Spectral characterizations of the clouds and the Earth's radiant energy system (CERES) thermistor bolometers using Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) techniques", Proc. SPIE 3361, Thermosense XX, (26 March 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304714

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