Independent calibration approach for the CLARREO Pathfinder Mission

Kurtis Thome; Yigit Aytac

doi:10.1117/12.2529215

6 September 2019 Independent calibration approach for the CLARREO Pathfinder Mission

Kurtis Thome, Yigit Aytac

Proceedings Volume 11130, Imaging Spectrometry XXIII: Applications, Sensors, and Processing; 111300B (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529215
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory) Pathfinder (CPF) mission has been funded to demonstrate retrieval of SI-traceable spectral reflectance with absolute uncertainty <0.3% (k=1). The mission consists of a Reflected Solar spectrometer that will be hosted on the International Space Station (ISS) in the 2023 timeframe and rely on a ratioing radiometer approach to retrieve the unprecedented accuracy. Demonstrating that the accuracy is achieved through an Independent Calibration effort similar in philosophy to the efforts in metrology laboratories relying on multiple, independent measurements to improve credibility for a sensor’s absolute and relative uncertainty error budgets. These measurements use different traceability paths and multiple instrument approaches and CPF’s Independent Calibration will be similar in this regard. The Independent Calibration relies on a pre-launch absolute radiometric calibration obtained from additional testing done after instrument thermal-vacuum (TVAC) testing. The added radiometric calibration is combined with a high fidelity instrument model to provide an on-orbit radiometric calibration independent from the ratioing radiometer approach. The current work describes the post-TVAC testing portion of the CPF Independent Calibration Plan and the Independent Model Development as well as planned on-orbit Evaluation of the Independent Calibration.

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Kurtis Thome and Yigit Aytac "Independent calibration approach for the CLARREO Pathfinder Mission", Proc. SPIE 11130, Imaging Spectrometry XXIII: Applications, Sensors, and Processing, 111300B (6 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529215

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