@inproceedings{4a9d4528817743ac83de53b717ef821e,
title = "Ground viewing radiometer equipped with autonomous linear motion: Two Year field deployment summary and analysis",
abstract = "In March 2020, the Remote Sensing Group (RSG) of the Wyant College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona deployed a ground-viewing radiometer (GVR) equipped with linear motion to support its Radiometric Calibration Test Site (RadCaTS). Prior to the development and deployment of a GVR with linear motion, all GVRs were stationary radiometers. The GVRs consist of 8 spectral channels covering a wavelength range of 400 nm to 1550 nm. Each GVR, including the one with linear motion, are automated systems designed for long-term standalone operation. This paper presents a two-year post-deployment summary and analysis of the GVR fitted with autonomous daily linear motion, GVR 23. Incorporating linear motion to a GVR increases the spatial sample size of the GVR. A larger spatial sample provides RSG with an improved representation of the surface under measurement. The current linear motion system operates autonomously between 16:00 UTC and 22:00 UTC. This work describes the current system design, the data acquired from the radiometer, issues that have risen, and future improvements.",
keywords = "field average, ground viewing radiometer, linear motion, playa, spatial sample, surface representation",
author = "Rantaj Singh and Jeffrey Czapla-Myers and Nikolaus Anderson",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 SPIE.; Earth Observing Systems XXVII 2022 ; Conference date: 23-08-2022 Through 25-08-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2633097",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Butler, {James J.} and Xiaoxiong Xiong and Xingfa Gu",
booktitle = "Earth Observing Systems XXVII",
}