Stray light measurement and in-orbit validation of an atmospheric limb sounder / presented by Tobias Augspurger. Wuppertal, October 2024
Inhalt
- Introduction
- Scientific Objective
- State of the Art
- Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer
- Forward Model and Data Retrieval
- Stray Light Definitions
- Detector and Noise
- Field-of-View and Limb Perspective
- Point Spread Function and Deconvolution
- In-Field Stray Light and Ghosting
- Spectral Stray Light
- Out-of-Field Stray Light
- Stray Light Estimations and Simulations
- In-Orbit Validation
- Simulation of Orbits and Line-of-Sight
- Experimental Setup
- Modular AtmoX Calibration Unit
- mACU Alignment and Point Source Configuration
- Wavefront and Collimation
- Point Source Assessment
- Laser Light Source
- Instrument Stage
- Calibration Targets for mACU
- Point Source Mapping
- Experimental Procedure
- Data Processing and Methodology
- Pre-Processing and Timing
- Point Spread Function
- In-Field Stray Light
- Out-of-Field Stray Light
- Point Source Transmittance
- In-Orbit Out-of-Field Stray Light
- Stray Light Measurement Uncertainty and Error
- In-Orbit Validation and Recalibration Methods
- Conclusion and Recommendations
- Assessment of Stray Light and Spatial Resolution
- Instrument Stray Light Reduction and Correction
- Evolution of Laboratory Calibration and Methodology
- In-Orbit Simulation and Validation
- Appendix Appendix
- References
- Acronyms