Design and calibration features of the clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES) instrument

G. Louis Smith; Robert Benjamin Lee; Bruce R. Barkstrom; John E. Cooper; Leonard P. Kopia; Roland W. Lawrence

doi:10.1117/12.228599

15 December 1995 Design and calibration features of the clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES) instrument

G. Louis Smith, Robert Benjamin Lee, Bruce R. Barkstrom, John E. Cooper, Leonard P. Kopia, Roland W. Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 2583, Advanced and Next-Generation Satellites; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228599
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing II, 1995, Paris, France

Abstract

The clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES) instrument has been developed based on the earth radiation budget experiment (ERBE). The CERES instrument will be flown on the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission and on the first two Earth Observation System platforms. The techniques which were used to calibrate the ERBE instruments on the ground and to maintain calibration in orbit to 1% precision are being refined and applied to the design and calibration of the CERES instrument. The same types of on-board calibration devices will be used for CERES as were used on ERBE to determine any changes in the sensors' responses. The TRW Radiometric Calibration Facility which was used for ERBE calibration has been upgraded for CERES by incorporation of a radiometrically characterized black body as a reference and a cryogenic active cavity radiometer as a calibration transfer device for the shortwave calibration system.

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G. Louis Smith, Robert Benjamin Lee, Bruce R. Barkstrom, John E. Cooper, Leonard P. Kopia, and Roland W. Lawrence "Design and calibration features of the clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES) instrument", Proc. SPIE 2583, Advanced and Next-Generation Satellites, (15 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228599

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