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Setup for studying speckle noise of spectroradiometer diffusers in Earth observation applications

  • Anna Vaskuri
  • , Claire Greenwell
  • , Emma Woolliams
    • National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

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    Abstract

    Diffusers in in-orbit spectroradiometers cause speckle under partially coherent solar radiation. A speckle pattern entering a spectroradiometer through a small slit creates systematic spectral deviations in measured spectra. We have developed a setup to characterise the spatial speckle of diffusers and the related spectral features. The decorrelation angles measured at 532 nm for Spectralon, Diffusil, and Heraeus diffusers were 0.021, 0.014, and 0.005 respectively. This information can be used for compensating speckle-related spectral features from the radiometric satellite measurements by averaging over multiple decorrelated spectra.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number012002
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
    Volume972
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Mar 2018
    MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
    EventInternational Conference on New Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry - Tokyo, Japan
    Duration: 13 Jun 201716 Jun 2017
    Conference number: 13

    Funding

    This work has been supported by the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) within the joint research project ENV53 European metrology for Earth observation and climate (MetEOC2). The EMRP is jointly funded by the EMRP participating countries within EURAMET and the European Union. A.V. is grateful for the travel grant by the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion. Lydia Zajiczek, Paul Miller, Paul Green, Barry Scott and Florian Graber are acknowledged for their technical feedback and for sharing their expert knowledge in optics. Authors thank Petri Kärhä for helping with the funding applications.

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