In-flight calibration of a helicopter-mounted Daedalus multispectral scanner

Lee K. Balick, Charles J. Golanics, Janet E. Shines, Stuart F. Biggar, Philip N. Slater

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Abstract

A convenient technique that has been used to calibrate, in-flight, a helicopter-mounted Daedalus multispectral scanner is described. It used four large canvas panels laid out in a square with a Spectralon panel as a reference. A calibrated Barnes modular multispectral radiometer, carried on a 2.2-m boom, was rotated around a 2.5-m high tripod at the center of the square. The radiometer sampled the four large panels and the Spectralon panel once every two minutes. Atmospheric spectral transmittance measurements were made using a filter radiometer on an autotracking mount during the morning of the flight. The reflectance and optical depth data were used in an atmospheric radiative transfer code to predict the spectral radiances at the scanner. The calibration was completed by comparing the image digital counts to the predicted spectral radiances.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
PublisherPubl by Int Soc for Optical Engineering
Pages215-223
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)0819406023
StatePublished - 1991
Externally publishedYes
EventCalibration of Passive Remote Observing Optical and Microwave Instrumentation - Orlando, FL, USA
Duration: Apr 3 1991Apr 5 1991

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume1493
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherCalibration of Passive Remote Observing Optical and Microwave Instrumentation
CityOrlando, FL, USA
Period4/3/914/5/91

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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