Assembly, alignment, and testing of a GHIS brassboard instrument

Alan B. Plaut; Danette P. Ryan-Howard; Alexander C. Parker; David M. Weitz

doi:10.1117/12.254093

18 October 1996 Assembly, alignment, and testing of a GHIS brassboard instrument

Alan B. Plaut, Danette P. Ryan-Howard, Alexander C. Parker, David M. Weitz

Proceedings Volume 2812, GOES-8 and Beyond; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254093
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The GHIS FTIR spectrometer is designed to be a plug-in replacement for the low-resolution filter wheel spectrometer employed in current GOES sounders. State-of-the-art retrieval algorithms will be able to produce atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles with improved vertical resolution and smaller uncertainties as a results of the instrument's higher spectral resolution. MIT Lincoln Laboratory has designed, assembled, and performed visible- wavelength tests of a GHIS brassboard spectrometer. Details of the assembly procedure will be presented, showing how the optical components were individually tested, then pre- aligned and integrated into the instrument at room temperature for eventual operation at a nominal 220K.

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Alan B. Plaut, Danette P. Ryan-Howard, Alexander C. Parker, and David M. Weitz "Assembly, alignment, and testing of a GHIS brassboard instrument", Proc. SPIE 2812, GOES-8 and Beyond, (18 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254093

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