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Activity title:
Shortwave Infrared Technology: Irradiance Measurements to Evaluate Reflective Band Systems
Activity Reference:
SET-325
Panel:
SET
Security Classification:
NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Status:
Active
Activity type:
RTG
Start date:
2023-06-15T00:00:00Z
Actual End date:
2026-06-15T00:00:00Z
Keywords:
airglow, irradiance, night sky, nightglow, Shortwave Infrared, SWIR
Background:
SET-246/RTG identified the requirement to establish a dataset of night sky shortwave infrared (SWIR) irradiance information from different geo-locations under diverse ambient conditions. The group designed and developed a low cost SWIR irradiance measurement unit built with COTS components. This proposed RTG intends to build off of this work by having each participating nation build the low cost SWIR irradiance measurement unit (approx. $1000 USD) and collect data to build the aforementioned night sky SWIR irradiance dataset.
Objectives:
This proposed RTG will create a large dataset of night sky SWIR irradiance information from different geo-locations under diverse ambient conditions in order to do a robust statistical analysis of SWIR data, particularly with respect to differing weather, geographic, and cultural lighting situations. This dataset would include not only the SWIR irradiance data collected with the SWIR irradiance measurement unit, but also meteorological data at the test location and, if possible, VNIR irradiance measurements for comparison. In order to create this dataset, all participating nations will need to build, test, and calibrate the COTS SWIR meter developed under RTG 246. All participating nations will provide hardware for a round-robin correlation between all of the instruments, as not all participating nations have the facilities to perform radiometric calibrations in the SWIR band. Participating nations will then collect and share data to add to the statistically relevant dataset which will be created as the main output of this RTG.
Topics:
This proposed RTG covers field data collection and analysis of SWIR irradiance measurements to provide a better understanding of SWIR irradiance, similar to the VNIR band. This dataset would include not only the SWIR irradiance data collected with the SWIR irradiance measurement unit, but also meteorological data at the test location and, if possible, VNIR irradiance measurements for comparison. Collected field data will be shared among participating nations for analysis, discussion, and development of models.
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Last modified at 16/05/2024 14:00 by System Account
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