In-orbit verification of MHS spectral channels co-registration using the moon

Roberto Bonsignori

doi:10.1117/12.2273335

5 September 2017 In-orbit verification of MHS spectral channels co-registration using the moon

Roberto Bonsignori

Proceedings Volume 10402, Earth Observing Systems XXII; 104022C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273335
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In-orbit verification of the co-registration of channels in a scanning microwave or infrared radiometer can in principle be done during normal in-orbit operation, by using the regular events of lunar intrusion in the instrument cold space calibration view. A technique of data analysis based on best fit of data across lunar intrusions has been used to check the mutual alignment of the spectral channels of the MHS instrument. MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder) is a cross-track scanning radiometer in the millimetre-wave range flying on EUMETSAT and NOAA polar satellites, used operationally for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters in numerical weather prediction and nowcasting. This technique does not require any special operation or manoeuvre and only relies on analysis of data from the nominal scanning operation. The co-alignment of sounding channels and window channels can be evaluated by this technique, which would not be possible by using earth landmarks, due to the absorption effect of the atmosphere. The analysis reported in this paper shows an achievable accuracy below 0.5 mrad against a beam width at 3dB and spatial sampling interval of about 20 mrad. In-orbit results for the MHS instrument on Metop-B are also compared with the pre-launch instrument characterisation, showing a good correlation.

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Roberto Bonsignori "In-orbit verification of MHS spectral channels co-registration using the moon", Proc. SPIE 10402, Earth Observing Systems XXII, 104022C (5 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273335

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