Application of Spaceborne Infrared Atmospheric Sounder for Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SIRAS-G) technology to future Earthscience missions

摘要

The Spaceborne Infrared Sounder for Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SIRAS-G) was developed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp (BATC) under NASA's 2002 Instrument Incubator Program. SIRAS-G was a technology development program focused on next-generation IR imaging spectrometers for sounding of the atmosphere. SIRAS-G demonstrated that the dispersive grating spectrometer is a suitable instrument architecture for this application. In addition to providing atmospheric temperature and water vapor profiles, SIRAS-G can provide trace gases concentrations, land and ocean surface temperatures and the IR mineral dust aerosol signature from satellite. The 3-year SIRAS-G IIP development effort included the successful cryogenic testing of the SIRAS-G laboratory demonstration spectrometer operating in the 2083 to 2994 cm~(-1) frequency range. The performance of the demonstration instrument has been quantified including measurement of keystone distortion, spectral smile, MTF, and the spectral response function (SRF). Development efforts associated with this advanced infrared spectrometer technology provides the basis for instrumentation to support future Earth science missions.