Calibration of CRL all-sky imagers using an integrating sphere

As part of an international collaboration with the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, we have developed two all-sky imagers (CRL-ASIs). A sensitivity calibration of the CRL-ASIs was performed using an integrating sphere belonging to the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR). Th...

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Main Authors: Masa-yuki Yamamoto, Minoru Kubota, Shu Takeshita, Mamoru Ishii, Yasuhiro Murayama, Masaki Ejiri
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Communications Research Laboratory/Communications Research Laboratory/National Institute of Polar Research/Communications Research Laboratory/Communications Research Laboratory/National Institute of Polar Research 2002
Subjects:
National Institute of Polar Research
Advances in polar upper atmosphere research
Alaska
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Summary:As part of an international collaboration with the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, we have developed two all-sky imagers (CRL-ASIs). A sensitivity calibration of the CRL-ASIs was performed using an integrating sphere belonging to the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR). The two-dimensional sensitivities of the CRL-ASIs produced symmetrical distributions. Using this sensitivity data, we converted airglow/aurora images into two-dimensional distributions of absolute intensity. The sensitivity of the CRL-ASIs was measured for 13 wavelengths between 427.8 nm and 866.5 nm, and the relationship between the sensitivity and the wavelength was investigated for both imagers. The peak sensitivity occurred at about 550 nm.

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