Overview of GOES high-resolution interferometer sounder brassboard development and test program

William E. Bicknell

doi:10.1117/12.254086

18 October 1996 Overview of GOES high-resolution interferometer sounder brassboard development and test program

William E. Bicknell

Proceedings Volume 2812, GOES-8 and Beyond; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254086
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Replacement of the sounder filter wheel in one of the clones of the GOES I-M satellite series with a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) interferometer would improve retrieval performance and could be a pathfinder for technology employed in the next generation GOES series. Based on examination of an earlier proposal, NOAA decided to pursue the feasibility of such a FTIR replacement. The FTIR interferometer is to be as nearly a 'plug-in' replacement for the sounder filter wheel as possible. THis imposes some interesting and challenging optical, mechanical, and electronic constraints on the design and fabrication of the interferometer. This overview describes a brassboard design for a replacement FTIR interferometer and provides the background and the status of GHIS brassboard work-in- progress at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

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William E. Bicknell "Overview of GOES high-resolution interferometer sounder brassboard development and test program", Proc. SPIE 2812, GOES-8 and Beyond, (18 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254086

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