Title :
Development of 2 μm InGaAs radiometer for preflight cross-calibration experiment
Author :
Sakuma, Fumihiro ; Kawakami, Shuji ; Kuze, Akihiko
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba
Abstract :
This paper describes the development of the 2 mum InGaAs transfer standard radiometer to be used for the preflight cross-calibration experiment between the GOSAT and the OCO. Both are to be launched in 2008 for monitoring the density distributions of greenhouse gases from space.
Keywords :
air pollution; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; calibration; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor devices; spectrochemical analysis; AD 2008; GOSAT; InGaAs radiometer; OCO; greenhouse gas density distribution monitoring; preflight crosscalibration experiment; size 2 mum; transfer standard radiometer; Aerospace industry; Calibration; Global warming; Indium gallium arsenide; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Standards development; Temperature; GOSAT; cross calibration; fixed-point calibration; radiometer; size of source effect; spectral responsivity;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779983
