Atmospheric Transmissometer And Radiometer For E-O Sensors Field Evaluation And Model Validation

J. Russell Moulton; Frederic M. Zweibaum

doi:10.1117/12.955069

27 December 1976 Atmospheric Transmissometer And Radiometer For E-O Sensors Field Evaluation And Model Validation

J. Russell Moulton, Frederic M. Zweibaum

Proceedings Volume 0091, Methods for Atmospheric Radiometry; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955069
Event: 20th Annual Technical Symposium, 1976, San Diego, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a recently developed transmissometer that can be used to measure atmospheric extinction in different spectral bands in the visible and infrared spectral regions over field ranges up to 8,000 meters. In addition to functioning as a transmissometer the instrument is capable of measuring remotely the apparent radiance emitted or reflected from objects that are located within the starring field of view. In the normal system configuration the transmissometer/radiometer consists of silicon, InSb, and HgCdTe receivers and two multi-color searchlight sources that together allow transmission or radiance measurements in the spectral region of 0.4 to 14 micrometers. Included in the paper is a description of the equipment, the calibration procedure, a typical field measurement, and a discussion of typical transmission measurement results obtained from a variety of recent field deployments.

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J. Russell Moulton and Frederic M. Zweibaum "Atmospheric Transmissometer And Radiometer For E-O Sensors Field Evaluation And Model Validation", Proc. SPIE 0091, Methods for Atmospheric Radiometry, (27 December 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955069

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