Research Scanning Polarimeter: calibration and ground-based measurements

Brian Cairns; Edgar E. Russell; Larry D. Travis

doi:10.1117/12.366329

25 October 1999 Research Scanning Polarimeter: calibration and ground-based measurements

Brian Cairns, Edgar E. Russell, Larry D. Travis

Proceedings Volume 3754, Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366329
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

SpecTIR Corporation has recently completed building the Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP). This instrument was designed to provide highly accurate polarimetric measurement both from aircraft and from the ground. The spectral range of the measurement is form 410nm to 2250nm and the field of view of the instrument is scanned over a 120 degrees swath. Here we describe the results of the instrumental calibration and the quantitative interpretation of ground-based measurements. Recently we have acquired data using the RSP on an aircraft and a brief discussion of the information content of this data and some preliminary aerosol retrievals over the Pacific ocean are presented.

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Brian Cairns, Edgar E. Russell, and Larry D. Travis "Research Scanning Polarimeter: calibration and ground-based measurements", Proc. SPIE 3754, Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing II, (25 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366329

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