Optical design of the ocean radiometer for carbon assessment

Mark E. Wilson; Charles McClain; Bryan Monosmith; Manuel Quijada; Eugene Waluschka; Patrick L. Thompson; Steven Brown

doi:10.1117/12.897023

13 September 2011 Optical design of the ocean radiometer for carbon assessment

Mark E. Wilson, Charles McClain, Bryan Monosmith, Manuel Quijada, Eugene Waluschka, Patrick L. Thompson, Steven Brown

Proceedings Volume 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI; 81530S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897023
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Ocean Radiometer for Carbon Assessment (ORCA) is a new design for the next generation remote sensing of oceans biology and biogeochemistry satellite. ORCA is configured to meet the requirements of the Decadal Survey recommended Aerosol, Cloud, and Ecology (ACE ), the Ocean Ecosystem (OES) radiometer and the Pre-ACE climate data continuity mission (PACE). Under the auspices of a 2007 grant from NASA's Research Opportunity in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) and the Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) , a team at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has been working on a functional prototype of a hyperspectral imager with flightlike optics and scan mechanisms. This paper discusses the requirements and optomechanical design of this prototype.

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Mark E. Wilson, Charles McClain, Bryan Monosmith, Manuel Quijada, Eugene Waluschka, Patrick L. Thompson, and Steven Brown "Optical design of the ocean radiometer for carbon assessment", Proc. SPIE 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI, 81530S (13 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897023

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