Author Affiliations
1School of Environment Science and Optoelectronic, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China2Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China3Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming 650223, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Flow chart of NESR calibration
Fig. 2. Diagram of an infrared remote sensor NESR calibration system
Fig. 3. Uncertainty of spectral radiance of standard blackbody
Fig. 4. Schematic diagram of calibration optical path
Fig. 5. (a) Fourier transform spectrometer output changing with the rotation angle of reflector when observing standard blackbody @T=303 K, λ=10 μm; (b) Uncertainty u2(λ) due to angle repeatability of rotating mirror
Fig. 6. (a) Fourier transform spectrometer observation of output signal of infrared integrating sphere changing with the rotation angle of reflector, T=153 K, λ=10 μm; (b) The uncertainty u3(λ) affected by angle repeatability of rotating mirror
Fig. 7. (a) Temperature curve of calibration period; (b) Uncertainty u4(λ) effected by the background radiation
Fig. 8. (a) Response curve of standard low temperature blackbody (300 K) measured by Fourier transform spectrometer; (b) Repeatability measurement results u5(λ)
Fig. 9. (a) Output signal of primary integrating sphere tested by Fourier spectrometer; (b) Repeatability of primary integrating sphere u6(λ)
Fig. 10. (a) Average of Fourier spectrometer output signal; (b) Instability u8(λ)
Fig. 11. Relative radiance of primary integrating sphere during 30 min
Fig. 12. Surface uniformity measurement result of primary integrating sphere
Fig. 13. Relative spectral radiance of primary integrating sphere changed with measurement angle
Fig. 14. (a) Measurement result of L1(λ) and L2(λ) ; (b) SNR of Fourier spectrometer
Fig. 15. (a) Calibration result of NESR; (b) Uncertainty of NESR
No. | Instruments | Parameters | 1 | Standard Fourier spectrometer (Bruker VERTEX 80 V) | Spectral resolution: ≥ 0.06 cm−1;
Spectral range coverage: 3-14.5 μm
| 2 | Standard low temperature blackbody | Temperature range: 283-363 K;
Blackbody cavity emissivity: ≥ 0.999
| 3 | Infrared radiometer (KT15.99 IIP) | Spectral range: 9.6-11.5 μm;
Instability: <0.01%/month
| 4 | Rotation reflector | Rotation angle range: 0°-270°;
Rotation angle repeatability: 0.003°;
Adjustment precision: 0.2°
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Table 1. Measuring instruments of spectral radiance calibration uncertainty
Uncertainty factors | Symbol | Relative uncertainty
@10 μm
| Uncertainty of spectral radiance output of standard blackbody | u1(λ)
| 0.081% | Uncertainty of standard blackbody spectral radiance
(by Fourier spectrometer)
| u2(λ)
| 0.025% | Uncertainty of integrating sphere spectral radiance (by Fourier spectrometer) | u3(λ)
| 0.020% | Background radiation testing uncertainty in optical source chamber and calibration chamber | u4(λ)
| 0.036% | Repeatability of standard blackbody (by Fourier spectrometer) | u5(λ)
| 0.13% | Repeatability of infrared integrating sphere (by Fourier spectrometer) | u6(λ)
| 0.017% | The nonlinearity of Fourier spectrometer | u7(λ)
| 0 | The instability of Fourier spectrometer | u8(λ)
| 0.051% | The instability of infrared integrating sphere | u9(λ)
| 0.052% | The plane inhomogeneity of infrared integrating sphere | u10(λ)
| 0.25% | The angular nonuniformity of infrared integrating sphere | u11(λ)
| 0.15% | Uncertainty of spectral radiance calibration | U(λ)
| 0.34% |
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Table 2. The uncertainty scale of NESR@10 μm calibration