The measured point response functions for the CERES Flight Model 5 instrument

Janet Daniels; G. Louis Smith; Kory J. Priestley; Herb Bitting

doi:10.1117/12.893677

13 September 2011 The measured point response functions for the CERES Flight Model 5 instrument

Janet Daniels, G. Louis Smith, Kory J. Priestley, Herb Bitting

Proceedings Volume 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI; 81531T (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893677
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Clouds and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) Flight Model 5 (FM5) instrument is scheduled to be launched this year aboard the NPP spacecraft in order to continue the Climate Data Record for Earth radiation budget. CERES data will be used together with measurements from the Visible Infra-red Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) to compute cloud information for each CERES pixel. Knowledge of the point response function (PRF) of CERES is essential to accurately align these data sets. The Radiation Calibration Facility at Northrop Grumman includes the PRF Source, an optical devise for measuring the PRF. This paper presents the analysis of these tests and the resulting PRF for each of the three channels.

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Janet Daniels, G. Louis Smith, Kory J. Priestley, and Herb Bitting "The measured point response functions for the CERES Flight Model 5 instrument", Proc. SPIE 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI, 81531T (13 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893677

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