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Paper Abstract
The Ocean Radiometer for Carbon Assessment (ORCA), currently being developed at Goddard, is a hyperspectral
instrument with a spectral range extending from 350nm to 880nm in the UV and visible wavelength. Its radiometric
measurement accuracy will depend, in part, on the extent to which it is insensitive to linearly polarized light. A wedge
type depolarizer is used to reduce ORCA's polarization sensitivity over its entire spectral range. The choice for this
approach is driven by the large spectral range and to a certain extent is also influenced by the currently orbiting SeaWifs
instrument's use of a wedge depolarizer and its low polarization sensitivity. The wedge depolarizer's design, its modeled
and measured depolarization characteristics are presented.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 September 2011
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI, 81530U (13 September 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.895482
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8153:
Earth Observing Systems XVI
James J. Butler; Xiaoxiong Xiong; Xingfa Gu, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI, 81530U (13 September 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.895482
Show Author Affiliations
Eugene Waluschka, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Mark Wilson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Manuel Quijada, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Mark Wilson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Manuel Quijada, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Brendan McAndrew, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Leibo Ding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Leibo Ding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8153:
Earth Observing Systems XVI
James J. Butler; Xiaoxiong Xiong; Xingfa Gu, Editor(s)
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