AN AIRBORNE SPECTRAL RADIOMETER SYSTEM

Lutz Bannehr, Bruce W. Forgan, Jörg M. Hacker, Ray Kiefer and Peter Schwerdtfeger

                Research Report No. 53
                    ISSN 0159-9364
Flinders Institute for Atmospheric and Marine Sciences
      The Flinders University of South Australia
                  Bedford Park 5042
                     August 1991

List of Figures; List of Tables; Abstract; Acknowledgements
1. INTRODUCTION
2. A NEW SPECTRAL RADIOMETER SYSTEM: 2.1 Design of the Spectral Radiometer; 2.2 Optical Path; 2.3 Sensor and Electronics; 2.4 Interference Filters and their Characteristics; 2.5 Filterwheel, Sampling and Store Technique; 2.6 Shadeband of the Radiometer SPECGD2; 2.7 Temperature Control System; 2.8 Output of the Measured Signal
3. CALIBRATION OF THE SPECTRAL RADIOMETERS: 3.1 Relative and Diffuse Calibration Coefficient; 3.2 Shading Band Correction
4. DATA PROCESSING: 4.1 Extraction of the Data and Correction for the Inclination; 4.2 Separating the Direct Signal from the Global-Diffuse Signal; 4.3 Calibration
5. OBSERVATIONS: 5.1 Lake Alexandrina Field Experiment; 5.2 Hincks Park Experiment
6. EXAMPLES OF DERIVED PARAMETERS: 6.1 Optical Depth; 6.2 Aerosol Absorption; 6.3 Single Scattering Albedo; 6.4 Ratio of Absorption to Backscatter; 6.5 Atmospheric Precipitable Water; 6.6 Vegetation Index
7. CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDICES: A. Circuit Diagrams; B. Mounting Description of the spectral radiometers on the aircraft

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