Thermal targets for satellite calibration

Eliel Villa-Aleman; Alfred J. Garrett; Robert J. Kurzeja; Byron Lance O'Steen; Malcolm M. Pendergast

doi:10.1117/12.421021

23 March 2001 Thermal targets for satellite calibration

Eliel Villa-Aleman, Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, Byron Lance O'Steen, Malcolm M. Pendergast

Proceedings Volume 4360, Thermosense XXIII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.421021
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) is currently calibrating the Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) satellite sponsored by the Department of Energy. The MTI imager is a research and development project with 15 wavebands in the visible, near-infrared, short-wave infrared, mid-wave infrared and long-wave infrared spectral regions. A plethora of targets with known temperatures such as power plant heated lakes, volcano lava vents, desert playas and aluminized Mylar tarps are being used in the validation of the five thermal bands of the MTI satellite. SRTC efforts in the production of cold targets with aluminized Mylar tarps will be described. Visible and thermal imagery and wavelength dependent radiance measurements of the calibration targets will be presented.

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Eliel Villa-Aleman, Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, Byron Lance O'Steen, and Malcolm M. Pendergast "Thermal targets for satellite calibration", Proc. SPIE 4360, Thermosense XXIII, (23 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.421021

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