Radiometric cloud imaging with an uncooled microbolometer thermal infrared camera
Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 15, pp. 5807-5817 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.005807
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Abstract
An uncooled microbolometer-array thermal infrared camera has been incorporated into a remote sensing system for radiometric sky imaging. The radiometric calibration is validated and improved through direct comparison with spectrally integrated data from the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI). With the improved calibration, the Infrared Cloud Imager (ICI) system routinely obtains sky images with radiometric uncertainty less than 0.5 W/(m2 sr) for extended deployments in challenging field environments. We demonstrate the infrared cloud imaging technique with still and time-lapse imagery of clear and cloudy skies, including stratus, cirrus, and wave clouds.
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OCIS Codes
(010.0010) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric and oceanic optics
(110.3080) Imaging systems : Infrared imaging
(120.0280) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Remote sensing and sensors
(120.5630) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Radiometry
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History
Original Manuscript: June 27, 2005
Revised Manuscript: July 12, 2005
Published: July 25, 2005
Citation
Joseph Shaw, Paul Nugent, Nathan Pust, Brentha Thurairajah, and Kohei Mizutani, "Radiometric cloud imaging with an uncooled microbolometer thermal infrared camera," Opt. Express 13, 5807-5817 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-15-5807
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