Senior Thesis

Modular Imaging Spectrometer Instrument (MISI) Calibration Using Blackbody Radiators

 

 

Emmett Ientilucci
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology

May 20, 1996

 

Table of Contents

1. Front End Material
2. Introduction
3. Background

2.1 Blackbodies
2.2 Background on the MISI
2.3 How the Blackbodies will be used to Calibrate the MISI

4. Methods / Experimental

3.1 Construction of a Blackbody
3.2 Feedback Control System
3.3 Visual Means of Assessment
3.4 Sensor / Themistor Placement
3.5 Use of Laboratory Standard Blackbody

5. Results

4.1 Verification of Operation
4.2 General Response of the Blackbody
4.3 Time Response
4.4 Blackbody Uniformity
4.5 Temperature Control and Regulation

6. Discussion
7. Conclusions and Recommendations
8. References