Analytical and Experimental Characterization of a Linear-Array Thermopile Scanning Radiometer for Geo-Synchronous Earth Radiation Budget Applications - Softcover

Sorensen, Ira J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1288910509 ISBN 13: 9781288910502

Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

The Thermal Radiation Group, a laboratory in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, is currently working towards the development of a new technology for cavity-based radiometers. The radiometer consists of a 256-element linear-array thermopile detector mounted on the wall of a mirrored wedgeshaped cavity. The objective of this research is to provide analytical and experimental characterization of the proposed radiometer. A dynamic end-to-end opto-electrothermal model is developed to simulate the performance of the radiometer. Experimental results for prototype thermopile detectors are included. Also presented is the concept of the discrete Green's function to characterize the optical scattering of radiant energy in the cavity, along with a data-processing algorithm to correct for the scattering. Finally, a parametric study of the sensitivity of the discrete Green's function to uncertainties in the surface properties of the cavity is presented.

Edition details

• Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1288910509
• ISBN 13: 9781288910502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88