Pre-launch Characterization of the CERES Flight Model 5 (FM5) Instrument on NPP S. Thomas a , K. J. Priestley b , M. Shankar a , N. P. Smith a , M. G. Timcoe a a. Science Systems and Applications Inc (SSAI) b. NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia
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Pre-launch Characterization of the CERES Flight Model 5 (FM5) Instrument on NPP S. Thomas a, K. J. Priestley b, M. Shankar a, N. P. Smith a, M. G. Timcoe.
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Pre-launch Characterization of the CERES Flight Model 5 (FM5) Instrument
on NPP
S. Thomasa, K. J. Priestleyb ,
M. Shankara, N. P. Smitha, M. G. Timcoea
a. Science Systems and Applications Inc (SSAI)
b. NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia
Earth Radiation Budget Components
Kiehl & Trenberth
1997
CERES CERES
Top of Atmosphere
CERES Instruments
Broadband scanning Radiometers measuring Reflected Solar and Emitted Longwave Radiation.
Six CERES Instruments built by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) at Redondo Beach, CA.
FLIGHT MODEL 5 (FM5): NPP SpacecraftSun synchronous polar orbit with 1:30 PM equatorial crossing.Altitude: 825 KMProposed Launch: October 2011
Four Sets are Operational on EOS Spacecraft Flight Models 1 & 2 (FM1 & FM2) – TERRA Flight Models 3 & 4 (FM3 & FM4) - AQUA
Pre-launch Calibrations were performed at the Northrop Grumman Radiometric Calibration Facility (RCF).
Four calibrations were performed on CERES FM5 instrument after it was fabricated.
March1999
February2000
October2006
Sept. –Oct.2008
Completed hot acceptance tests. During cold acceptance testing, calibration was stopped due to carousel problems.
Tests done inhot and cold acceptancetemperatures.
Calibration tests done only inhot acceptancetemperatures.
Full calibration testsin hot and cold acceptancetemperatures.
14 days 9 days 11 days 33 days
Ground Calibration Tests
• Longwave Responsivity
• Shortwave Responsivity and Spectral Characterization
• Linearity in Sensor Responsivity
• Calibrations using on-board sources
• Point Response Function Test
• Solar MAM Characterization
Radiometric Calibration Facility
IR Bands
• Narrow Field of View Blackbody (NFBB) is primary standard (Emissivity of greater than 0.9999)
• 12.5 cm Wide Field of View Blackbody (WFBB)
• Cold Space Reference (CSR) blackbodies
Reflected Solar Bands
• SW reference source (SWRS) with minimum LW variations and spectral characterization capability
• 13 discrete bands between 420 and 1960 nm
• 5 cm integrating sphere with associated optics
• Cryogenically cooled Transfer Active Cavity Radiometer (TACR)
CERES Longwave Calibration
Total and Window Sensors
• Narrow Field of View Blackbody (NFBB) is operated at 12 discrete temperature setting between 205 K and 312 K.
• Sensor drifts are corrected with Cold Space Reference (CSR) measurements.
• Relative Spectral Response of the sensor is determined from Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) measurements.
• Radiometric gain of the sensor is calculated through regression of the filtered radiance from NFBB source and the corrected sensor measurements.
CERES Shortwave Calibration
Shortwave and SW/Total Sensor• Short Wave Reference Source (SWRS) with
13 narrow band-pass filters between 0.4μm and 2μm are used as calibration points.
• Transfer Active Cavity Radiometer (TACR) act as the transfer standard to place the SWRS on same radiometric scale as the Narrow Field of View Blackbody (NFBB).
• Sensor gains are determined from the alternate measurements of SWRS by the CERES sensor and the TACR.
• Optical component measurements of witness samples are used to complete the spectral response between the narrowband SW sources and to extend the response below 0.3μm.
CERES Spectral Response FunctionFlight Model 5 (FM5) Instrument
Calibrations using On-board SourcesSensor performance was evaluated using Internal calibration module sources (ICM) throughout test period.
The response changes between ground and start-of-mission calibrations will be used as Ground to Flight corrections for radiometric gains.
CONCLUSIONThe final pre-launch vacuum characterization of CERES FM5 instrument was performed in September 2008.
Total and Window sensor gains determined by the NFBB is 8.577 counts/Wm-2 and 10.495 counts/Wm-2 respectively.
The shortwave sensor gain derived using the SWRS and TACR is 10.105 counts/Wm-2.
Spectral response for sensors were derived using the SWRS/TACR and optical component measurements in < 3 micron and FTS measurements in > 3 micron region.
ICM calibrations provide a transfer standard for the pre-launch determined radiometric gains to flight.