The evolution of the performance of the AVHRR, HIRS and AMSU-A instruments on board MetOp-A after over five years in orbit

Douglas Battles; Robert Lambeck; Abelardo Pérez-Albiñana; Xiangqian Wu; Changyong Cao; Helmut Bauch; Francois Montagner

doi:10.1117/12.929133

24 October 2012 The evolution of the performance of the AVHRR, HIRS and AMSU-A instruments on board MetOp-A after over five years in orbit

Douglas Battles, Robert Lambeck, Abelardo Pérez-Albiñana, Xiangqian Wu, Changyong Cao, Helmut Bauch, Francois Montagner

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Proceedings Volume 8511, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XX; 85110P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929133
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It is well known that the varying geometrical relationships between the Sun and the Earth throughout the year affect to some degree the performance of the instruments onboard Earth orbiting satellites. Following the commissioning of MetOp-A, EUMETSAT and NOAA have continued monitoring the long term trends in in-orbit performance of AVHRR, HIRS and AMSU-A. The data acquired since the launch of the satellite has allowed studying how the yearly seasonal variations, as well as aging, have affected the instrument performance. This paper presents the evolution of the performance of the AVHRR, HIRS and AMSU-A for more than five years since the launch of the MetOp-A satellite.

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Douglas Battles, Robert Lambeck, Abelardo Pérez-Albiñana, Xiangqian Wu, Changyong Cao, Helmut Bauch, and Francois Montagner "The evolution of the performance of the AVHRR, HIRS and AMSU-A instruments on board MetOp-A after over five years in orbit", Proc. SPIE 8511, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XX, 85110P (24 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.929133

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