NASA/TMm1998-206878

The Sixth SeaWiFS/SIMBIOS IntercaUibration

Round-Robin Experiment (SIRREX-6)

August-December 1997

T Riley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, AID

S. Bailey, Futuretech Corporation, Greenbelt, AID

National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

August 1998

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Acknowledgments

NASAGoddard Space Hight Center (GSFC) personnel would like to give a special thanks for their

assistance to Dr. B. Carol Johnson, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST),

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, cjohnson@email.nist.gov, and Robert Burns, Karl-Heinz Siimnich, and

Chuck McCain for comments on the document.

This work was supported by the SIMBIOS Project Office at GSFC.

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ABSTRACT

For the sixth Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Intercallibration Round-Robin Experiment (SIRREX-6),

NASA personnel carried the same four Satlantic in-water radiometers to nine separate laboratories and calibrated them.

Two of the sensors were seven-channel radiance heads and two were seven-channel irradiance heads. The calibration and

data reduction procedures used at each site followed that laboratory's normal procedures. The reference lamps normally

used for the calibration of these types of instruments by the various laboratories were also used for this experiment. NASA

personnel processed the data to produce calibration parameters from the various laboratories for comparison.

These tests showed an overall agreement at better than the + 2% level. Analysis of each laboratory's efforts and specific

data handling procedures are included.

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CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... vii

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ vii

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1

2. TEST PROCEDURE .................................................................................................................... 1

2.1 Instruments ............................................................................................................................ 1

2.2 Nominal Test Procedure ........................................................................................................ 4

3. DATA REDUCTION ................................................................................................................... 4

3.1 Take Data ............................................................................................................................... 4

3.2 Convert to ASCII ................................................................................................................... 4

3.3 Add Mean and Standard Deviation ....................................................................................... 5

3.4 Interpolation of Calibration Constants .................................................................................. 5

3.5 Test Summary Sheet .............................................................................................................. 7

3.6 Summary for Each Head ........................................................................................................ 8

3.7 Overall Comparisons ............................................................................................................. 8

3.8 Special Tests .......................................................................................................................... 8

4. TEST RESULTS .......................................................................................................................... 8

4.1 Overview of Results .............................................................................................................. 8

4.2 Coefficients by Head ........................................................................................................... 13

4.3 Laboratories Using Different Standards .............................................................................. 19

4.4 Special Tests ........................................................................................................................ 21

5. RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................... 24

5.1 Future SIRREX ................................................................................................................... 24

5.2 NASA-Provided Equipment ................................................................................................ 24

5.3 Consistency of Test Procedures ........................................................................................... 24

6. CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................ 24

PARTICIPANTS ............................................................................................................................ 25

REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................... 26

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Figure 1.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

Figure 4.

Figure 5.

Figure 6.

FIGURES

SIRREX-6 Test Equipment .................................................................... 2

F-474, Calibration Report Values, 390 nm to 800 nm ............................................... 6

Interpolated Spectral Values, 400 nm to 450 nm ................................................... 6

F-474, Interpolated Spectral Values, 654.6 nm to 700 nm ............................................ 7

Percent Difference From Mean for All Wavelengths and All Heads .................................... 9

Percent Difference From Mean, Radiance and Irradiance ........................................... 10

TABLES

Table 1. Participating Laboratories ...................................................................... 1

Table 2. Hardware Used for SIRREX-6 .................................................................. 1

Table 3. Spectral Dependence of Head S/N 049 ............................................................ 3

Table 4. Spectral Dependence

Table 5. Spectral Dependence

Table 6. Spectral Dependence

Table

Table

Table

Table

Table 11.

Table 12.

Table 13.

Table 14.

Table 15.

Table 16.

Table 17. Head OCR-200 S/N

Table 18. Head OCR-200 S/N

Table 19. Head OCR-200 S/N

Table 20. Head OCR-200 S/N

Table 21. Head OCR-200 S/N

Table 22. Head OCR-200 S/N

Table 23.

Table 24.

Table 25.

Table 26.

Table 27.

Table 28.

Table 29.

Table 30.

Table 31.

of Head S/N 038 ............................................................ 3

of Head S/N 047 ............................................................ 3

of Head S/N 039 ............................................................ 3

7. Abbreviated Sample ASCII Data ................................................................ 5

8. Mean Addition to Sample ASCII Data ............................................................ 5

9. Single Test Spread Sheet Example ............................................................... 8

10. Percent Difference From Mean for All Wavelengths, Two Radiance Heads .............................. 9

Percent Difference From Mean for All Wavelengths, Two Irradiance Heads ............................. 10

Percent Difference From Mean by Wavelengths, Two Radiance Heads ................................. 10

Percent Difference From Mean by Wavelengths, Two Irradiance Heads ................................ 11

Radiance Percent Protocol Levels at Three Wavelengths, by Laboratory ............................... 12

Irradiance Percent Protocol Levels, at Three Wavelengths, by Laboratory .............................. 13

Head OCR-200 S/N 038 Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength .................................... 14

039 Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength .................................... 14

038 Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength ............... 15

039 Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength ............... 15

049 Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength .................................... 16

047 Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength .................................... 17

049 Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength ............... 18

Head OCR-200 S/N 047 Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength ............... 18

Percentage Difference From Mean Using European Stand Lamp ..................................... 19

Percent Difference From Mean for 200 Watt Lamp at WFF ......................................... 20

Percent Difference From Mean for Integration Sphere at WFF ....................................... 20

Percent Difference Between Satlantic Calibration and Mean ......................................... 21

Effect of 20 Degree Cone in Percent Deviation From Mean ......................................... 21

Percent Difference Between SXR and Radiance Heads ............................................. 22

Percent Difference Between VXR and Radiance Heads ............................................. 22

Percent Difference GSFC 2/GSFC 1 and GSFC 3/GSFC 1 .......................................... 23

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1. INTRODUCTION 2.1.1 Field of View of Radiance Heads

This document details SIRREX-6. It describes the test

equipment, calibration procedures, and data reduction

procedures that were used. The Data Analysis section

documents data collection at the participating laboratories

and gives specific software procedures.

The full names of the participating laboratories are given in

table 1 and repeated in appendix A with addresses and

points of contact.

SIRREX-6 was performed in a completely different manner

from SIRREX-1 through SIRREX-5. In those tests, laboratory references were brought to a central location and tested

against one another. In SIRREX-6, four commonly used

field instrument were taken to each laboratory and tested

using the laboratory's standards and procedures.

Conclusions drawn from this effort and suggestions for

future SIRREX efforts are given at the end this document.

The laboratories provided the plaque or integration sphere

for the radiance tests.

The plaque had to be large enough and the instrument close

enough so that the field of view of the instrument lay on the

plaque. The 99% field of view for the irradiance heads is an

ellipse 450 mm (17.7 inches) by 300 mm (11.8 inches)

when the head is set at 300 mm from the plaque at an angle

of 45 °. The instrument center line passes through one focus

of the ellipse and is therefore off center.

Some laboratories had plaques large enough (650 mm, 25.6

inches) to cover this ellipse with the instrument center line

on the center of the plaque. Most laboratories adjusted the

setup to more closely center the ellipse on the plaque.

Standard procedures used by the laboratory were employed

where they existed.

Table 1. Participating Laboratories

1. Satlantic

2. GSFC

3. PML

4. JRC-SAI

5. CHORS

6. Biosphere

7. UCSB

8. NRL

9. GSFC

10. DLR

11. WFF

12. GSFC

Satlantic Inc.

Goddard Space Night Center

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Joint Research Center

Center for Hydro-Optics & Remote Sensing

Biospberical Instruments

University of California at Santa Barbara

Naval Research Laboratory

Goddard Space Night Center

Institut fiir Weltraumsensorik

Wallops Night Facility

Goddard Space Night Center

August 11, 1997

August 20, 1997

September 8, 1997

September 17, 1997

October 2, 1997

October 3, 1997

October 4, 1997

November 6, 1997

November 21, 1997

September i 2, 1997

December 2, 1997

February 19, 1998

2. SIRREX-6 TEST PROCEDURE

For SIRREX-6, NASA personnel carried the same four

Satlantic in-water radiometers to nine separate laboratories

and calibrated them. The calibration procedures used

followed the individual laboratory's normal procedures and

lamps for calibrations of these types of instruments.

Variations from the standard procedures are covered in

section 3.3 and section 3.4.

2.1 Instruments

The instruments used for the SIRREX-6 are shown in figure

1 and listed in table 2. The choice of Satlantic radiance and

irradiance sensor heads was based upon their availability

and ubiquitous use within the ocean color community.

Table 2. Hardware Used for SIRREX-6

2 -- Satlantic OCR-200, in-water, 7 sensor, Radi

ance, S/N 038 and S/N 039 ( a cylinder 3.5

inches in diameter and 4.25 inches long)

2 -- Satlantic OCI-200, in-water, 7 sensor, Irradi

ante, S/N 047 and S/N 049

I -- Satlantic in water A/D unit, S/N 10

1-- Laboratory Interface and Power Unit

Cables:

2 -- Sensor Head to A/D, 2 meters

1 -- A/D to Deck Interface Unit, 5 meters

1-- Deck Interface Unit to Lap Top, 1.5 meter_

2 -- AC Power Cables, 1.5 meters

1 -- Laptop computer with control and acquisition

hardware loaded

2 -- Metric rule and a right angle

3 -- Carrying cases

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SIRREX-6 Test Equipment

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ight Angle

A second data set was also taken with the head rotated 180

degrees around the optical axis. The field of view of the

channel closest to the lamp is most likely to extend off the

plaque, while the channel farthest from the lamp is nearly

always completely on the plaque. The center channel, the

two top channels, and the two bottom channels should show

little change with the 180 ° rotation. A significant difference

between the near and far channels would have been interpreted as evidence that part of the field of view was off the

plaque. No significant variation of this type was found.

For the case where laboratories used integrating spheres for

the calibration of the radiance sensors, the position of the

radiance head relative to the sphere was critical. The radiance

heads needed to be positioned such that the field of view of

the head saw only the aperture of the sphere. If the head was

placed too far from the sphere aperture, the field of view of

the head would include a portion of the external face of the

sphere and radiance values would be abnormally low.

In the opposite situation, if the head was positioned too

close to the sphere aperture, the quartz face of the radiance

head reflected a significant amount of light back into the

sphere. The total reflectance from both sides of the quartz

window and the surrounding black aluminum can amount to

3% of the light falling on the face. If this light reenters the

sphere it is reintegrated and increases the observed radiance

values. At greater distances the head face fills a smaller

portion of the sphere's illuminated field, and less light is

reflected back at the smaller angles. For most spheres

examined in this study, the sphere-to-radiance head distance

fell between 200 mm and 500 mm.

2.1.2 Spectral Characteristic of Heads

The Center Wavelength (CWL) for each of the seven filters on

each instrument is given in table 3 through table 6 below.

Three different values are given. The wavelength calculation

approach normally used at a laboratory was applied.

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Table 3. Spectral Dependence of Head S/N 049 Table 5. Spectral Dependence of Head S/N 047

CWL a CWL b Centroid c Radiance d

20 Degree Cone Full Scale

OCI-200 S/N 049

411.0 411.90 411.60 N/A

442.8 443.78 445.25 N/A

490.4 491.40 490.85 N/A

509.3 510.38 510.70 N/A

554.6 555.65 554.10 N/A

665.5 665.72 665.25 N/A

682.7 684.02 683.55 N/A

Notes:

(a) The spectral dependence tests for these filters were

run with a very narrow field-of-view instrument. This

Center Wavelength with 20 Degree Cone value included

a slight blue shift attributed to rays entering the instrument from wider angles. The units are nm.

(b) This Center Wavelength (CWL) was calculated with

Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM). The units are nm.

(c) This Centroid is the center wavelength calculated

from the entire area under the curve. The units are nm.

(d) The Radiance Full Scale value in air is used to set the

maximum output for radiance tests with integration

spheres. Units are uW/cm^2/nm/Sr.

Table 4. Spectral Dependence of Head S/N 038

CWL a CWL b Centroid c Radiance d

20 Degree Cone Full Scale

OCR-200 SfN 038

411.3 411.90 411.60 2.78

443.0 433.78 445.25 2.82

489.0 491.40 490.85 2.81

509.7 510.38 510.70 2.87

554.1 555.65 554.10 2.90

665.9 666.72 665.25 1.24

682.8 684.02 683.55 1.11

CWL a CWL b Centroid _ Radiance d

20 Degree Cone Full Scale

OCI-200 S/N 047

411.0 411.92 411.55 N/A

442.5 443.50 442.35 N/A

489.9 490.90 490.90 N/A

509.4 510.48 511.10 N/A

554.6 555.72 552.60 N/A

665.8 666.95 665.40 N/A

682.8 684.10 684.60 N/A

Table 6. Spectral Dependence of Head SfN 039

CWL a CWL b Centroid c Radiance d

20 Degree Cone Full Scale

OCR-200 S/N 039

411.5 412.38 411.8 2.74

442.9 443.85 443.70 2.65

489.7 490.70 490.55 2.71

509.6 510.68 510.85 2.89

554.2 555.33 552.30 2.92

665.7 666.90 665.43 1.27

682.9 684.22 684.80 1.15

2.1.3 Equipment Furnished by Laboratory

The laboratory supplied:

1. Mounting for Head -- This was either a pair of rings with

three adjustment screws that can handle a 3.5 inch (90 ram)

cylinder, 4.25 inches (I 15 mm) long centered in the light

path, "V" blocks, or a vise. An adjustable stage was also

commonly used to control the height of the head.

2. Alignment Equipment -- The equipment normally

employed by the laboratory to align sensors. This generally

included a laser, a lamp replacement cross hair, and front

surface mirrors.

The heads were aligned with its central axis on the optical

axis. Some laboratories also offset the head and aligned

each input aperture in turn. This procedure had very little

effect on the calculated values.

3. Lamp -- The reference lamp that was normally used by

the laboratory. The laboratory provided a valid calibration

report for the lamp used. Some laboratories did the interpolation calculations to the specific sensor wavelengths

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themselves. Fortheothers the four point Lagrange method

developed by NIST was used (see section 3.4).

4. Diffuser Plaque -- The diffuser plaque normally used by

the laboratory. The laboratory provided a valid calibration

report for the plaque. The four point NIST procedure was

used for interpolation.

5. Integration Sphere -- Some laboratories used an integration sphere and provided valid calibration reports for them.

2.1.4 Additional Tests

Some laboratories calibrated each of the seven optical

apertures separately, with each moved to the optical axis.

Where this was the practice, the center channel was taken,

then the head was offset, and each of the six other channels

was read. The on-axis reading for each channel was used for

the data reduction.

Some laboratories use a black lollipop to shadow the head

for an ambient reading. Where this was standard practice,

both a cover and ambient reading were taken.

Some laboratories requested additional tests with a second

lamp.

2.2 Nominal Test Procedure

The laboratory was requested to run through its normal

calibration procedure for the irradiance and radiance sensors

using their light sources and diffuser plaques or integration

spheres. If the laboratory did not normally test these heads,

their procedures for similar instruments were used.

2.2.1 Nominal Test Procedure

The SIRREX-6 tests followed the normal laboratory

procedures for in-water radiometers as closely as possible.

Generally the test included the following steps:

Radiance Test:

|.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

.

10.

II.

12.

13.

Align tamp and plaque

Mount first radiance head

Develop procedure for exchange ofheads

Warm up the lamp (10 to 20 minutes)

Record 16 seconds of data with head covered

Record 16 seconds of data with head uncovered

Record additional data if needed

Mount second radiance head, in the same position as

the first

Record 16 seconds of data with head covered

Record 16 seconds of data with head uncovered

Record additional data if desired

Cool lamp

Repeat with second lamp if necessary

Irradiance Test:

1. Align irradiance head

2. Develop head replacement procedure

3. Check 50 centimeter distance with cross-hair front

surface

4. Warm up the lamp (10 to 20 minutes)

5. Record 16 seconds of data with head covered

6. Record 16 seconds of data with head uncovered

7. Record additional data if desired

8. Mount second irradiance head in the same position

9. Record 16 seconds of data with head covered

10. Record 16 seconds of data with head uncovered

11. Record additional data if desired

t2. Turn off lamp and log lamp on-time

3. SIRREX-6 DATA REDUCTION

The SIRREX-6 test data were reduced with the following

steps:

1.

2.

3.

4.

.

6.

7.

8.

Collect data

Convert to ASCII

Add mean and standard deviation

Interpolate lamp, plaque, and sphere for exact

wave lengths

Summarize for each test

Summarize for each head

Make overall comparisons

Review special tests

3.1 Take Data

The data were collected using the software program

PROVIEW.EXE provided by Satlantic. A binary file was

stored for each test with the file name extension ".RAW"

and the test description was entered in the lab notebook.

This software read the instantaneous light intensity of each

channel with a separate silicon photodiode about every 100

msec. A slow count of twenty was allowed for each test.

Given the instrument's sampling frequency this produced

more than 150 sets of readings per test file.

3.2 Convert to ASCII

The files were converted to ASCII using the program

ASCIICON.EXE provided by Satlantic. This was done with a

batch file and took about 20 minutes for a day's testing. The

files were saved with the extension "IDAT '; .-Table 7 is an

example of this file type. The units are in counts with zero at

32768 counts.

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Table7.Abbreviated Sample ASCIIData

SN(0010) ED(411.0)LU(411.3)LU(443.0)LU(489.0)LU(509.7) LU(554.1)LU(665.9)LU(682.8)

10 32779 ... 32779 32778 32779 32769 32777 32780 32773

10 32779 ... 32779 32778 32780 32769 32778 32780 32773

10 32778... 32778 32777 32779 32770 32777 32779 32774

10 32778... 32779 32778 32780 32769 32778 32779 32774

I0 32777... 32776 32780 32780 32769 32778 32778 32775

10 32777... 32777 32779 32779 32771 32778 32779 32774

3.3 Add Mean and Standard Deviation

The ASCII files were read into MS-Excel as tabulation

delimited tables. The data from the active head was identified. A summary box was added below the data listing giving

the wavelength heading, the average data counts, and the

standard deviation of the counts. The average was labeled

with the file name. The file was then saved with an ".XLS"

extension. This process took about 5 minutes per data file.

Table 8 is an example of this file type.

Most laboratories used the four point Lagrange method

developed by NIST. The reference lamp supplier, Optronic

Laboratories, Inc., recommends this method and provides

the equation in the "Report of Calibration" for their FEL

lamps.

This procedure uses the four points spanning the desired

wavelength and is shown in equation 1. Applying this

equation to the GSFC F-474 lamp data shown in figure 2

yields figure 3 and figure 4. A graphic equivalent of this

equation draws a line between the two central points and

Mean

STD

Table 8. Mean Addition to Sample ASCII Data

LU(411.3) LU(443.0) LU(489.0) LU(509.7) LU(554.1) LU(665.9) LU(682.8)

32777.62 32778.78 32779.06 32769.59 32777.36 32779.40 32774.049 AT0811A.XLS

1.002 0.818 0.704 0.863 0.683 0.692 0.762

3.4 Interpolation of Calibration Constants

The calibration constants available for the lamps, plaques,

and integration spheres were not taken at the exact wavelengths of the heads. The available calibration data were

entered into an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the

interpolated values. Some laboratories provided this

information using their standard software. This step took

about 30 minutes.

then warps the line with the two outside points. Figure 3

shows the interpolated values from 400 nm to 450 nm and is

slightly concave. Figure 4 shows the interpolated values

from 654.6 nm to 700 nm and is very slightly convex.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) used a procedure of

fitting an equation by linear regression to the calibration

data. This procedure was also developed by NIST. Equation

2 shows this form. The fit was done in two stages. First the

NIST Lagrange interpolation formula

D(:l): x-x,)/(x,-x, * (1)

where

E(_)

x = the wavelength to be interpolated

X_,xk = 4 consecutive wavelengths whose values are already given in the datafile

such that x _< x2 < x < x3 < x4.

-- spectral data value for wavelength Xk

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F-474, Calibration Report Values, 390 nm to 800 nm

25.00 1

20.00 1

15.00 1

10.00 l

5.00 1

o 4 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 7,o800 850 900 950

I h,

Figure 2

4.500

4.000

3.500

3,000

2.500

2.000

1.500

390

Interpolated Spectral Values, 400 nm to 450 nm

400 410 420 430 440 450

Wavelength, nm

460

Figure 3

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F-474, Interpolated Spectral Values, 654.6 nm to 700 nm

18.500

18.000

_7.500

17.000

16.500,

16.000,

15.500

650 710

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680 670 680 690 700

Wavelength, nm

Figure 4

logarithmic component was fitted to the data by linear

regression, producing coefficients A 0and A_. Then a quadratic equation was added with a second fitting, while

holding A 0and A_ constant. This produced coefficients B0

through B 4. The complete equation was then used to calculate

the irradiance at specific wavelengths.

Figure 2 shows that the slope of the curve is well behaved

through the range of interest (410 nm to 682 nm). At the

short wavelength end (410 nm) the signal is much lower than

at the long wavelength end (682 nm). This means that small

errors in the interpolation at the short wavelengths result in a

much larger error as a percentage of the signal.

3.5 Test Summary Sheet

The test data averages are copied to a spread sheet with all

the data for one test on a specific head. This includes (at

least) an illuminated test and a dark test with the head

covered. It may additionally include an ambient test with the

view blocked but not completely covered, and seven off-set

tests with each of the head's seven optical ports moved to the

optical axis.

This spreadsheet calculates the calibration constants for the

head and it used calibration information about the lamp and

plaque, or sphere.

This process took about 20 minutes per test.

Linear regression lamp interpolation fit:

E(Z )= (_o + B,_ + B2Z2 + B3_,3 + B4&4)* (exp(Ao + A, / A,))* &-5 (2)

where A0,A1 = primary fit coefficients for greybody equation

Bo .... B4 = secondary fit coefficients for quadratic equation

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Table9. Single Test Spread Sheet Example

Satlantic File:

11-Aug-97

OCI-200 S/N 007, Pair 2

S 11007A.XLS

Used: SAT0811G.TXT SAT0811H.TXT

First data set

ED(411.0) ED(442.8) ED(490.4) ED(509.3) ED(554.6) ED(665.5) ED(682.7)

Dark 32777.2 32779.1 32774.6 32775.4 32777.7 32776.8 32779.2 SAT0811H.XLS

Stdev 0.642 0.557 0.644 0.515 0.787 0.581 0.565

Light 33147.9 33345.9 33790.7 33881.5 34286.4 36799.0 36798.0 SAT0811G.XLS

Stdev 0.456 0.659 0.718 0.614 0.775 1.164 1.558

F459 2.361 3.711 6.268 7.373 10.170 16.660 17.510 uW/cm2nm

Distance mm 500

Lcal 2.361E+00 3.711E+00 6.268E+00 7.373E+00 1.017E+01 1.666E+01 1.751E+01 uW/cm2nm

Cal 6.370E-03 6.547E-03 6.168E-03 6.665E-03 6.740E-03 4.142E-03 4.357E-03 uW/cm2nm/count

Coefficient

Lab Val 6.377E-03 6.524E-03 6.141E-03 6.676E-03 6.741E-03 4.147E-03 4.362E-03 uW/cm2nm/count

% Dif 0.I 1 -0.35 -0.44 0.15 0.01 0.14 0.14 %

3.6 Summary for Each Head

The results for each laboratory were then entered in the

SIRREX.XLS file by optical head. The calibration parameters were compared as a percentage of the mean for all

laboratories. This sheet is reviewed in detail in section 4.

3.7 Overall Comparisons

Overall comparisons were then worked up in the lead

Summary Sheet in SIRREX.XLS.

3.8 Special Tests

Special test data were also reduced in SIRREX.XLS.

4. SIRREX-6 TEST RESULTS

The following tables and figures were derived from the

SIRREX-6 data.

4.1.1 Deviation From Mean

Figure 5 gives the highest level overview. It shows the

percentage deviation from the mean of the calibration

coefficients averaged over all instrument wavelengths for all

four instrument heads.

This figure shows an overall consistency within 1%. The

Max and Min bars do show that there are a few outliers in

the data. This is a very positive overall result and demonstrates excellent compliance with the goals of the program.

The most significant outliers were investigated and found to

be the result of questionable calibration numbers. In one

case the reference lamp used to obtain the calibration

number failed after only a few more hours of use. In

another, the calibration number was thought to be suspect

but was the best available on the day of the test. Both these

references were retested before they were used for other

published results.

4.1 Overviews of Results

This overview starts at the most reduced data and works

back toward the basic data.

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4.00

2.00

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Laboratories

Figure 5. Percent Difference from Mean for All Wavelengths and All Heads

Table 10, table 11, and figure 6 show the same information

but separated for the radiance and the irradiance tests. The

radiance tests include laboratories that use plaques and

those that use integration spheres. Any trends, such as those

caused by instrument drift, are small compared to the

variation between laboratory sources.

Table 13 and table 14 show the same information expanded

by wavelength. Two outliers show in the LU(410.x) column

for the radiance heads. Integration spheres designed for

calibration of space instruments saturate the radiance heads

at long wavelengths. The radiance tests show less variation.

Table 10. Percent Difference From Mean for All Wavelengths, Two Radiance Heads

Radiance

1 Satlantic

2 GSFC 1

3 PML

4 JRC-SAI

5 CHORS

6 Biosphere

7 UCSB

8 NRL

9 GSFC 2

Mean Max Min STD

-0.67 0.10 -1.55 0.48 %

0.19 1.29 -1.10 1.02 %

1.85 5.02 -0.39 1.55 %

0.32 2.14 -1.76 1.191 %

-1.19 0.86 -8.05 2.93 %

-1.10 -0.25 -2.04 0.52 %

0.35 2.31 -0.63 0.99 %

-0.28 1.28 -2.56 1.29] %

0.36 2.52 -0.59 1.261 %

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Table 11. Percent Difference From Mean for all Wavelengths, Two In-adiance Heads

Irradiance

1 Satlantic

2 GSFC 1

3 PML

4 JRC-SAI

5 CHORS

6 Biosphere

7 UCSB

8 NRL

9 GSFC 2

10 GSFC 3

Mean Max Min STD

-0.26 0.44 -0.7(_ 0.38 %

0.76 1.76 -1.5(_ 0.86 %

-0.74 0.86 -1.6_= 0.89 %

0.20 1.55 -t.57 1.03 %

0.87 2.2g -1.14 1.00 %

-0.55 1.53 -1.8£ 0.84 %

1.31 2.2_ -1.5_ 1.20 %

-1.13 1.46 -2.51 1.13 %

-1.03 1.61 -1.9 c. 1.08 %

0.07 0.62 -0.2_ 0.25 %

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

-2.00

-4.00

-6.00

-8.00

-10.00 I I t J I I I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Laboratories

Figure 6. Percent Difference From Mean, Radiance and Irradiance

Table 12. Percent Difference From Mean by Wavelengths, Two Radiance Heads

1 Satlantic

2 GSFC 1

3 PML

4 JRC-SA!

5 CHORS

6 Biosphere

7 UCSB

8 NRL

9 GSFC 2

LU(411.x)

-0.58

LU(443.x)

-0.69

,U(489.x)

-0.72

,u(s09.x)

-1.4e

1.04 -1.02 -0.91 0.72

4.88 -0.28 1.97 1.26

1.69 1.94 0.36 0.27

-7.92 -0.19 0.13 0.11_

LU{682.x)

-0.45 %

LU(554.x) LU(665.x)

-0.82 0.05

1.11 Sat

1.94 0.89

-1.54 0.15

-0.35 0.09

-1.18 -0.51

-0.45 -0.4(5

Sat Sal

2.43 Sal

Sat %

2.28 %

-0.60 %

0.76 %

-0.53 -1.33 -1.6_ -1.64 -0.85 %

2.11 1.40 0.21 -0.0_ -0.35 %

-2.21 -0.06 0.75 0.41 Sat %

-0.31 -0.52 0.33 1.94 Sat %

Sat -- Reading Saturated

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Table13.Percent DifferenceFromMean by Wavelengths, Two Irradiance Heads

ED(411.x) ED(442,x) _=D(490,x) ED(509.x; ED(554.x)ED(665.x I ED(682.x)

1 Satlantic -0.67 -0.34 0.04 -0.49 -0.45 0.16 -0.08 %

2 GSFC 1 0.79 0.72 1.18 1.18 1.05 0.27 0.10 %

3 PML 0.22 -1.00 -1,59 -1.5(] -1.27 -0.14 0.08 %

4 JRC-SAI 1.05 1.53 0.45 0.10 -1.46 -0.10 -0.17 %

5 CHORS 0.83 0.24 0.72 2.10 1.73 0.05 0.40 %

6 Biosphere -1.09 -1.15 -0.84 -0,69 -0.70 0.42 0.22 %

7 UCSB 1.85 2.11 1.81 1.73 1.88 -0.14 -0.10 %

8 NRL -2.19 -1.51 -1.26 -1.1_1 -1.29 -0.31 -0.24 %

9 GSFC 2 -1.87 -1.80 -1.42 -1.2C -0.90 -0.07 0.03 %

4.1.2 Comparison With Protocols

The desired test levels are set out in "Volume 25, Ocean

Optics Protocols for SeaWiFS Validation, Revision 1," pp

15, table 4, "Required instrument sensitivities for

SeaWiFS validation and algorithm development as a

function of radiometric measured variable and wavelength." This table gives the following desired parameters

at 412, 489, and 665 nm:

Ed(0)m= -- Saturation Irradiance in uW/cmVnm

Lu(0)m_ -- Saturation Radiance (Case-2/coccoliths) in

uW/cmVnm/sr

Eta_-- Calibration Irradiance

Lc_x-- Calibration Radiance

These are the ideal levels for calibration of in-water

instruments. Significant departures from these levels

indicate that the instrument is not in the same operating

range for the calibration and the test.

Table 14 compares the results found in SIRREX-6 for the

radiance tests with these protocol levels. It separates the

radiance tests done with plaques from those done with

integration spheres.

The L(0)r _ levels for the plaque tests are very low. There is only

11% of the desired value. This is only a small signal of a few

hundred counts (742 out of a possible 32,767). This low signal

level leaves the test open to problems both of signal-to-noise ratio

and A-to-D converter step size. The test is then sensitive to the use

of lollipop for ambient counts and the room darkness.

The Lu(0)max levels for the integration spheres are much

higher but this can lead to saturation at longer wavelengths.

The highest level that did not produce saturation at a

specific wavelength was selected for inclusion in the

reduced data in SIRREX-6.

To cover the entire SeaWiFS bandwidth an integration

sphere must be able to adjust its light level over a wide

range. The spheres designed for testing space instruments,

such as the one at GSFC, are so bright that even at their

lowest levels they still saturate the in-water instruments at

the two longest wavelengths.

Other integration spheres have their lamps mounted in

separate cambers that can be isolated from the main sphere

with mechanical stops to reduce the light that enters the

sphere. This arrangement produced the needed adjustment

range but complicated the sphere design and means that

each stop requires a separate calibration.

SIRREX-6 11
Table 14. Radiance Percent Protocol Levels at Three Wavelengths, by Laboratory

Radiance: Plaques

Satlantic

JRC-SAI

Biosphere

UCSB

411.x nm 489.x nm 665.x nm

%Lcal %Lumax %Lcal %Lumax %Lcal

17.62 11.6C 18.6£ 11.57 16.8_

12.65 11.8E 15.0£ 11.69 16.5"/

3.89 11.6C 3.97 11.46 3.4_

8.36 11.91 8.50 t 1.67 7.4._

Protocol 0.60[ 24.001 1.501 24.001 4.50 I

Mean Flux o.o61 2.82] 0.17] 2.78I 0.501

Mean % Protocol

Max I 10"631 11"714t 11.54 17.62] 11.9 18.60

%Lumax

15.74 %

15.75 %

15.65 %

15.65 %

8.00 uW/cm^2/nm

1.26 uW/cm^2/nm

11.60_ 11.08 I 15.70 %1

11.691 16.8q 15.75 % I

Min

Counts

%/Count

Radiance: Spheres

GSFC 1

PML

CHORS

NRL

GSFC 2

3.89 11.60 3.97 11.4(]

742 2037

0.01

287.75 11.79

33.67 12.26

14.14 !Q,Tg

;_;3.43 11.41

287.75 11,63

0.01 0.0(

45.4E

15.65 %

Counts out of 32,767

%

25.58 Saturated

Protocol I O.601 24. O0I

Mean Flux I 1.211

Mean % Protocol

Max

Min

Counts

%lCount

177.77

33.8(3

21.18

127.01

177,77

11.5E

11,8_ 7,611

11.67 22.09

11.74 140.26

11.7£ 45.48

15.87 %

15.74 %

78.90 Saturated

25.58 Saturated

1.5ol 24.001 4.501

2.811 0.671

8.00 uW/cm^2/nm I

2.781 1.611 1.26 uW/cm^2/nm !

201.35 11.57

383.43 12.26

14.14 10.75

14260

0.01

107.50 11.71 14.85

177.77 11.8E 22.09

21.19 11.54 7.61

18803 17319

0.01 0.0(

i

!5,80 %

15.87 %

15.74 %1

Counts out of 32..7._

% /

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Table 15. Irradiance Percent Protocol Levels, at Three Wavelengths, by Laboratory

Irradiance:

Satlantic

GSFC 1

PML

SAI

CHORS

Biosphere

UCSB

NRL

GSFC 2

Protocol

Mean Flux

Mean %

Max

Min

Counts

%/Count

411.x nm 489.x nm 665.x nm

%Ecal %Eumax %Ecal %Eumax %Ecal %Eumax

115.11 67.85 122.41 65.89 108.92i 47.:32 %

139.80 68.76 140.93 66.57 118.53 47.89 %

114.88 67.79 119.35 64.41 106.71 46.69 %

47.52 68.91 57.43 62.51 47.52 %

69.24

66.03

136.55 137.60 66.111 116.94 47.63 %

134.55i 67.49 139.02 65.17 119.70 46.94 %

140.57 70.65 134.61 69.00 113.51 47.23 %

114.32 66.74 120.70 64.91 107.39 46.67 %

127.15 68.7¢ 130.96 66.02 113.54 44.73 %

300.00 300.00 2.00

2.38 205.38

5. O01 300. O0 15. O0 uW/cm^2/nm/sr 1

6.131 198.04 16.13 140.87 uW/cmA2/nm/sr /

118.94 68.4e 122.56 66.01 107.53 46.96 %

140.57 70.65 140.93 69.00.. 1!.9.7_ 47.89 %

47.52 66.74 57.43 64.41 62.51 44.73 %

380

0.31

1014

0.12

375,_ Counts out of 32,767

0.03 %

Table 15 gives the percentage of the protocol levels for the

irradiance heads. Here the levels match the protocols very

well, but the number of counts in the short wavelength

channels is very low. A few stray counts thus have a

significant effect on the data.

4.2 Coefficients

The primary data set for SIRREX-6 was the measured

calibration coefficient for each of the four heads as taken

at each laboratory. These are the numbers that are used to

convert raw counts taken in the field into radiances or

irradiances.

4.2.1 Radiance Heads

Table 16 and table 17 give the measured calibration

coefficients for the two radiance heads S/N 038 and

S/N 039. The units are (uW/cmVnm/sr)/count. The

wavelengths vary between the two units slightly, so the

actual value measured by the filter manufacturer for the

individual filters was used. The readings taken with an

integration sphere versus plaque were marked.

Where two capital letters appear in the "Test" column, two

data sets were taken very close together in time and the

results averaged. The difference between such tests was

very small in all cases.

At two laboratories, two separate reference lamps were

used. The results shown as "% Dif., 2 Lamps" show

excellent repeatability between separate lamps for tests run

on the same day.

SIRREX-6 13
Table 16. Head OCR-200 S/N 038, Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength

Date Lab

8/11/97 Satlantic

LU(4tl.3) LU(443.0) LU(489.0) LU(509.7) LU(554.1) LU(665.9) LU(682.8)

Test

8/12/97 Plaque

% Dif. 2 lamps

,A 8.544E-05

B 8.556E-05

-0.13

GSFC

Sphere

!PML

Sphere

8/29/97 A,B 8.701E-05

9/8/97

9/17/97 JRC-SAi A,B 8.745E-05

Plaque

10/4/97 CHORS A,B 7.899E-0_

Sphere

--10/3/97 Biosphere A 8.522E-05

Plaque

10/6/97 UCSB 1 A,B 8.749E-05

Plaque C,D 8.760E-05

% D/f, 2 lamps -0.13

A 9.022E-0_

11/6/97 NRL 1

Sphere

11/21/97!GSFC 2

Sphere

A,B 8.430E-05

A,B 8.570E-05

8.648E-05

8.646E-05

0.02

8.595E-05

8.657E-05

8.877E-05

8.683E-0"5

8.573E-05

8.787E-05

8.803E-05

-0.18

8.644E-05

8.608E-0_

0.42

8.582E-05

8.801E-05

8.707E-0_=

8.683E-0_

8.497E-0_

8.673E-0_=

8.679E-05

-0.07

8.787E-05

8.772E-05

0.17

8.942E-05

9.005E-05

8.953E-05

8.907E-05

8.791E-05

8.907E-05

8.883E-05

0.27

8.962E-0_=

8.933E-0_=

0.3-_

9.082E-0_

9.165E-0_=

8.880E-0_=

8.964E-05

8.900E-05

8.936E-05

8.954E-05

-0.20

3.801 E-0_=

3.804E-0_=

-0.0 (.

6.249E-0_=

3.831E-0_

3.818E-0, =

3.803E-0_

3.781E-05

3.770E-05

3.780E-05

-0.26

3.386E-05

3.371E-05

0.45

3.708E-04

3.484E-05

3.362E-05

3.412E-05

3.366E-05

3.360E-05

3.377E-05

-0.5£

8.689E-05 8.779E-0_= 8.914E-05 t.059E-04 1.927E-04 2.046E-04

8.640E-05 8.693E-05 9.059E-05 9.209E-05 6.249E-05 2.182E-04

Table 17. Head OCR-200 S/N 039, Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength

Date Lab

LU(411.5) LU(442.9) LU(489.7) LU(509.6) LU(554.2) LU(665.7) LU(682.9)

Test

8/11/97 Satlantic A

8/t 2/97 Plaque B

8.436E-05 8.111E-05 8.341E-05 8.848E-05 8.961E-05 3.882E-05 3.527E-0_

8.450E-05 8.114E-051 8.318E-05 8.836E-05 9.004E-05 3.886E-05 3.504E-0_

-0.17 -0_031 0.27 0.14 -0.48 -0.09 0.6_

8.107E-05 8.342E-05 9.070E-05 9.197E-05 6.246E-05 6.556E-0_

8.170E-05 8.614E-05 9.103E-05 9.264E-05 3.919E-05 3.599E-05

% D/f, 2 Lamps

8/29/97

9/8/97

9/17/97

10/4/97

10/3/97

1016/97 Plaque UCSB 1 IA_B 8.728E-05

10/6/97 Plaqu_e = IC,D 8.667E-05

% Dif_ 2 lamps I 0.70

GSFC 1

Sphere

PML

Sphere

JRC-SAI

Plaque

CHORS

Sphere

Biospher_

8.326E-05 8.434E-05 8.977E-05

A,B 8.569E-05

A 8.905E-05

A,B 8.636E-05

A,B 7.838E-05

A 8.479E-05

8.921E-05 3.876E-05 3.522E-0_

8.160E-05 8.418E-05 8.994E-05 9.050E-05 3.886E-05 3.566E-0_

8.076E-05 8.298E-05 8.798E-05 8.966E-05 3.862E-0_ 3.500E-0_

8.336E-05 8.439E-05 9.023E-05 9.088E-05 3.889E-0_ 3.536E-0b

8.294E-05 8.942E-05

0.51 0.8;

9.015E-05

0.80

8.437E-05 3.856E-0_=

0.03 0.87

3.530E-05

0.18

11/6/97 NRL 1 A,B

Sphere

11/21/97 GSFC 2 A,B

Sphere

8.283E-05 8.176E-05 8.429E-05 9.043E-05 1.059E-04 1.927E-0Z 2.046E-04

8.469E-05 8.146E-05 8.442E-0_= 9.171E-05 9.309E-05 6.246E-0_ 6.556E-0b

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Table18andtable19givethesameinformationasthe

twotablesabove,butgiveit asapercentageofthe

differencefromthemeanforalllaboratories. Thispercentagewascalculatedbysubtractingthevaluefromthemean

anddividingbythemean.

Notethattwoentrieshavethetwolongwavelengths

completelysaturatedandathirdhasthethreelong

wavelengths saturated. Thesewerealltakenwithintegrationspheresoriginallydesignedforspaceinstruments.

ThefouroutliersintheLU(41l.x)columnsaretheresult

ofusingcalibrationnumbersthatwerethoughttobe

questionable, butwerethebestavailableonthedayof the

test.All theoutiiersoccurredintheshortestwavelength

wherethesignalisweakest. Experiencedpersonnel have

nodifficultyrecognizingquestionablereadings, butmay

nothavethetimeandresourcesavailabletorepeatthe

testsnecessary toaddresstheproblem.

Table18.HeadOCR-200S/N038,Percent DifferenceFromtheMeanbyLaboratoryandWavelength

Mean

LU(411.3) LU(443.0) LU(489.0) LU(509.7) LU(554.1) LU(665.9) LU(682.8)

18591E-051 8691E-051 8668E-051 8902E-051 8998E-051 3.798E-051 3390E-0e I

Satlantic

GSFC 1 (4) (5)

PML (5)

JRC-SAI (2) ......

CHORS (5)

Biosphere

UCSB (3)

NRL (6)

GSFC 2 (4)

%

%

-0.47

1.28

-0.50

-1.10

-0.48

-0.9£

-1.38 -0.57

0.45 0.93

% 5.02 -0.39 1.53 1.16 1.85

% 1.79 2.14 0.45 0.56 -1.32

% -8.05 -0.08 0.18 0106 -0.3_]

%

%

(5) %

-0.80 -1.35

,5) ,, %

1.91

-1.97

0.09

1.28

0.29

1.20

-1.24

-0.08

0.13

1.77

-1.87 -0.03

.=.

-0.24 -0.59

-1.1C

-0.5£

17.68

2.33

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Non-Lambertian correction used

Central wavelengths used

Two longest wavelength channels are saturated

Integration sphere used

Three longest wavelength channels are saturated

_64.52 0.1( 993. -0.'_9

0.8; 2.77

0.5( -0.81

0.1,1 0.6{

-0.4E -0.6.c

-0.6_ -0.6_

407.29 503.61

64. 52 543.67

Table 19. Head OCR-200 S/N 039, Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength

Mean

LU(411.5) LU(442.9) LU(489.7) LU(509.6) LU(554.2) LU(665.7) LU(682.9)

I 8.501E-051 8.184E-05[ 8.411E-0518981E-0519.080E-0513.884E-05] 3.535E-0,.5]

Satlantic % -0.68 -0.87 -0.97 -1.55 -1.07 0.00 -0.56

mn .=ml.i H

GSFC 1 (4) (5) % 0.80 -0.94 -0.82 0.9£ 1.29 60.81 85.44

iPML (5) %

JRC-SAI (2)

CHORS (,5)

4.75 -0.17 2.41 1.3_

% 1.59 1.74 0.28 -0.04

% -7.79 -0.29 0.09 0.1_

Biosphere %

UCSB (3) %

NRL (6) (5) %

GSFC 2 (4) (5) %

-0.25

2.31

-1.32

1.61

-1.35

0.32

-2.04

0.02

-2.56 -0.09 0.21 0.6 c,

-0.37 -0.45 0.36 2.11

2.02 0.90 1.79

-1.7E -0.21 -0.40

-0.33 0.0_ 0.86

-1.2E

-0.31

16.61

2.52

-0.5E

-0.3£

396.09

60.811

-1.02

-0.07

478. 70

85.45

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Non-Lambertian correction used

Central wavelengths used

Two longest wavelength channels are saturated

Integration sphere used

Three longest wavelength channels are saturated

SIRREX-6 15
4.2.2 Irradiance Heads

Table 20 and table 21 give the measured calibration

coefficients for the two irradiance heads S/N 038 and

S/N 039. The units are (uW/cm2/nm)/count. The wavelengths vary between the two units slightly as the actual

value measured for the individual filters is used.

Table 20. Head OCR-200 S/N 049, Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength

Date Lab Test

% Dif_ 2 lamps

ED(411.0) ED(442.8) ED(490.4) ED(509.3) ED(554.6) ED(665.5) ED(682.7)

6070E-031 6232E-031 5929E-031 6608E031 6890E-031 4534E14403E-03 I

6045E-0316203E-0315669E-03! 6736E-0316846E-0314515E-0314351E-03

0.411 0471 10tI 1.061 0.641 0.421 1.18

8/29/971GSFCI !A,BI6136E-03!6.300E-0315.987E-0316.882E-0316.991E-0314.576E-0:_4.481E-0:_

9/8/971PML IA I 6126E-0316198E-0315810E-0316.700E-0316814E-0314.478E-0:_4.372E-0:_

I 9/17/971JRC'SAI Ic J 6.166E-031 6.338E'031 5.925E-031 6.807E-031 6-785E-031 4.539E-031 4.350E-03t

10/4/97 6.227E-031 6.307E-031 5.955E-03 ! 6-819E-031 6.944E-031 4-556E-03 ! 4.454E-031

% Dif, 2 lamps -1.081 -0.721 0.061 1.89[ 1.03J 0.011 0.771

10/3/97!BiospherelA I 5.983E-031 6.149E-03l 5.856E-031 6.717E-031 6.843E-031 4,493E-031 4.394E-03!

UCSB 1 IA I 6.173E-031 6.345E-03

--- IC i 6_259E-031 6.427E,03

% Dif., 2 lamps ! ! -1381 -1.29

11/6/97JNRL IA I 5.940E-031 6.127E-031 5._14E-031 6.683E-031 6.776E-03! 4,448E-031 4.318E-03l

5.976E-0316.849E-0316.979E-031 4,546E-031 4.426E-031

6.065E-031 6.974E-031 7.074E-031 4.621E-03J 4.479E-03

-1,481 -1,831 -1.:_61 -1.641 -1.19

11/21/971GSFC2 IA I 5.922E-031 6.072E-03l 5.782E-031 6.663E-03J 6.774E-03l 4.429E-03i 4.309E-031

11/21/97[ IBI 6.020E-031.6.179E-031 5.862E-031 6.751E-031 6.863E-031 4.501E-031 4.361E-03l

% Oil. 2 Lamps ! I -1.65! -1.76! -1.38! -1.33! -1.32! -1.63! -1.221

I 2/19/981(_SFC3 IABI 6.078E-03l6.237E-0315.899E-0316.778E-03l

I Ic DI 6.083E-0316.278E-0315.925E-0316.804E-03l

%Dif 2 [_amos I I -0.081 -0.651 :0.451 -0.391

6.895E-031 4.522E-031 &422E-031

6.910E-031 4.550E-03_ 4.440E-031

-0.221 -0.611 -0.41]

16 SIRREX-6
Table 21. Head OCR-200 S/N 047, Calibration Coefficients by Wavelength

Date Lab

8/11/97 Satlantic

8/12/97

% Dif, 2 Lamps

8/29/97 GSFC 1

ED(411.0) ED(442.5) ED(489.9} ED(509.4)

Test

A 6.370E-03 6.548E-03 6.169E-03 6.666E-03

ED(554.6 ] ED(665.81 ED(682.8

6.741E-03 _4.142E-0,_ 4.357E-0_

B 6.339E-03 6.533E-03 6.120E-03 6.621E-03 6.739E-03 4.121E-0,_ 4.315E-0,_

0.4g 0.22 0.7g 0.67 0.0_ 0.51 0.9_

IAIBI 6.457E-031 6.592E-03 6.192E-03 6.760E-04 6.823E-03

I 9/a/971PMLIA,BI6396E-031 6.474E-031 6036E-031 6561E-031 6.682E-031

41o9Eo4 4423EO4

4.113E-0:_ 4.318E-0:_

! 9/17/97!JRC-SAI !C,DI 6.461E-03! 6.659E-03 ! 6.167E-03!. 6.689E-0_ 6.684E-03_ 4.166E-0_ 4.318E-0:_

10/2/97 CHOR,S A,B

10/4/97 C,D 6.541E-03 6.616E-03 6.138E-03 6.685E-03

% Dif, 2 lamps ....... -1.58 -0.69 0.43 1.90

6.4,3,9,E,-03 6.570E-03 6.165E-03 6.815E-03 6.889E-03 4.169E-0" 4.430E-0."

6.792E:.0..3 4.170E-0" 4.380E-0"

1.4.; -0.0,_ 1.1;

! 10/3/97!Biosoher!A ! 6,379E-03! 6.505E-03] 6.081E-03! 6.672E-0._ #,.7.30_03_ 4.106E-0_ 4.394E-0_

10/6/97 UCSB1 A.B 6.496E-03 6.671E-03 6.2!2E-03 6.772E-03 6.868E-03 4.191E-0.'- 4,384E-0."

10/6/97 C,D 6.524E-03 6.700E-03 6.258E-03 6.836E-03 6.932E-03 4.229E-0,_ 4.441E-0."

% Dif. 2/amos -0.43 -0.44 -0.74 -0.95 -0.93 -0.9( -1.3"1

! 11/6/971NRL !A.B! 6.285F-03! 6.482E-031 6.072E-03! 6.644E-0_ 6.716E-03J 4.100E-0_ 4.292E-0_

11/21/97 GSFC2 A 6.220E-03 6.382E-03 5.996E-03 6.552E-03 6.676E-03 4.064E-021 4j?.4.6E-0_

B 6.363E-03 6.508E-03 6.095E-03 6.675E-03 6.778E.-03 4.128E-0_l 4.325E-0_

% Dif 2 Lamps -2.29 -1.97 -1.66 -1.87 -1.52 -1 5_ -1 _Sf

2119198 GSFC3 A_B 6_3761=-03 6.553E-03 6.122E-03 6.659E-03 6.790E-03 ____4C3_43E-_

C.D 6_406E-03 6569E-03 6_131E-03 6_682E-03 6_795E-03 4_152E-0_ 4_365E-0,'-

% Dif 2 L_mn._ -O 4R -(3 24 -N.16 -O 3._ -N.07_ -0.2_ _ _-0.5_

Table 22 and table 23 give the same information as the two

tables above, but give it as a percentage of the difference

from the mean for all laboratories. This percentage was

calculated by subtracting the value from the mean and

dividing by the mean.

Note (3) indicates one laboratory that used the central

wavelength for each of the filters instead of the 20 Degree

Cone Wavelengths. These data, with and without this

correction, were analyzed in section 4.4.1.

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Table 22. Head OCR-200 S/N 049, Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength

ED(411.0) ED(442.8) ED(490.4) ED(509.3) ED(554.6) ED(665.5) ED(682.7)

IMea n I 6.093E-031 6.244E-031 5.908E-031 6.795E-03[ 6.893E-031 4.524E-031 4.403E-03

Satlan %

GSFC 1 %

PML %

-o.58

0.75

0.55

-0.42 -0.14

0.91 1.35

-0.73 -1.65

-0.33 -0.37

1.28 1.41

-1.40 -1.16

0.00

1.15

-1.02

-0.59

1.76

-0.70

JRC-SAI 1,21 1.52 0.29 0.18 -1.57 0.33 -1.20

CHORS % 1.11 0.28 0,87 2.29 1.78 0.71 1.94

Biosphere % -1.80 -1.51 -0.88 -1.14 -0.72 ...... -0.70 -0.21

2.28 1.91

-1.88 -1.58

2.03

-2.51

-1.99

1.72 1.93

-1.64 -1.70

-1.29 -1.08

-0.20 -0.05 0.13

UCSB (3) %

NRL %

GSFC 2 %

1.31

-1.69

-1.30

GSFC 3 % 0.26

-1.89 -1.45

0.22 0.07

1.12

-1.93

(3) Central Wavelengths Used

Table 23. Head OCR-200 S/N 047, Percent Difference From the Mean by Laboratory and Wavelength

ED(411.0) ED(442.5)

[Mean I 6.404E-0316.558E-031

ED(489.9)

6.130E-031

ED(509.4) ED(554.6) ED(665.8)ED(682.8)

6.687E-0:_ 6.776E-031 4.144F-0:_ 4.355E-0_

Satlantic %

GSFC 1 %

PML %

JRC-SAI %

CHORS %

Biosphere %

UCSB (4 %

NRL

-0.76

0.84

-0.11

0.90

0.5E

-0.39

1.67

-0.26

0.53

-1.27

1.55

0.20

-0.8C

1.95

0.23

1.01

-1.53

0.6C

0.57

-0.81

1.7C

-0.6E

1.09

1.91

-0.23

1.75

-0.53

0.7C

-1 39

-1.35

1.6_

-0.67

1.8,q

0.3

-0.E

0.7

-0Z

-0.E

.&

-1.t:

0.,t

0.L,

-1.1

0.

-1.7

% 1.t -1.86 -1.14 -0.94 -0.65 -0.8E 1.1

GSFC 2 % -1.75 -1.72 -1.38 -1.1(: -0.72 1._ 1.C

GSFC 3 % -0.19 0.0E -0.06 -0.2_ ..... 0.2,=

(3) Central Wavelengths Used

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4.3 Laboratories Using Different Standards

During SIRREX-6, two laboratories were tested that did not

use the same lamp types or reference laboratories as was

used for the bulk of the SIRREX-6 tests. These tests are

considered separately here and were not included in the

calculation of the means.

4.3.1 DLR in Germany

The SIRREX-6 test was run at the Institut for

Weltraumsensorik (DLR) in Berlin. This laboratory supports the Modular Opto-electronic Scanner (MOS) space

instrument. It uses a 1000-W standard lamp from "Gigahertz-Optik," (FischerstraBe 4, D-82178 Puchheim/

M_inchen) and calibrated from the "Deutscher

Kalibrierdienst DKD, calibration laboratory for optical

radiometry" (a part of Gigahertz-Optik) in November 1996.

The radiometric values are traceable to the national radiometric standards of the Physikalisch-Technische

Bundesanstalt PTB.

Their plaque was built in-house, has a barium sulfate

surface, and is a disk 308 mm in diameter. The plaque is

calibrated in place at their normal angle of 35 degrees using

a dedicated bench spectrometer with a small field of view.

The plaque is X-Y scanned with 56 readings.

Table 24 shows the percent difference from the mean

separately for the radiance and irradiance heads. These

results are in quite reasonable agreement with the

SIRREX-6 mean.

Table 24. Percentage Difference From Mean Using European Stand Lamp

Radiance

411.xnm 443.xnm 489.xnm 509.7nm 554.1 nm 665.xnm 682.x nm

% Diff 1.90 1.00 0.56 -0.54 -0.19 0.65 2.02 %

Max 2.29 1.37 1.48 -0.52 0.26 0.68 2.22 %

Min 1.51 0.63 -0.37 -0.56 -0.65 0.62 1.81 %

Irradiance

% Diff 3.32 2.54 1.35 1.59 1.49 2.10 2.68 %

Max 3.40 2.56 1.67 1.61 1.51 2.18 .......... 2.83 %

Min 3.24 2.52 1.04 1.56 1.48 2.02 2.52 %

Mean of all tests 1.46 %

Maximum of all tests 3.32 %

Minimum of all tests -0.54 %

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4.3.2 Wallops Flight Facility

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (W]_) flies a variety of

ocean color instruments in aircraft. They are mounted to

look down through a window in the bottom of the aircraft.

WFF investigators maintain a small calibration laboratory to

support this effort.

Due to limited laboratory space, WFF uses a 200-watt

reference lamp instead of the 1000 watt lamps used in the

SIRREX-6 tests. This lamp was set 500 mm from the

diffuser as compared to the 1300 mm typically used with

the more powerful lamp. This shorter distance increases

geometric effects in the test. Table 25 shows reasonable

agreement with the SIRREX-6 mean.

Table 25. Percent Difference

Wallops also has used a 30-inch diameter integration

sphere that can rotate with its window directly up so that it

may be run directly under the aircraft. At the time of the

SIRREX test this sphere was thought to be out of calibration and was not used for field instrument calibration. This

sphere was tested by being turned horizontally with its

stops set a level 5 for the minimum light. This test did not

produce good agreement with SIRREX-6, as shown in

table 26. The reason for this discrepancy is thought to be a

yellowing of the internal coating of the sphere. This sphere

will be recalibrated before further use.

From Mean for 200 Watt Lamp at WFF

Radiance

411.xnm 443.xnm 489.xnm 509.7nm 554.1nm 665.xnm 682.xnm

% Diff

Max

Min

Irradiance

% Diff

Max

Min

1.42 1.86 0.79 0.54 0.94 0.61 2.98

1.64 2.05 1.44 0.9 c 1.0C 0.64 3.25

1.19 1.67 0.13 0.0 c 0.87 0.57 2.71

-1.78 -2.83

-1.36 -2.52

-2.19 -3.15

Mean of all tests

Maximum of all tests

Minimum of all tests

.3.7C -2.03 -0.73 -t.43 -1.36

-3._1 -1.71 -0.27 -0.9_ -1.32

-3.76i -2.34 -1.2C -1.87 -1.41

-0.34

2.98

-3.70

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Table 26. Percent Difference From Mean for Integration Sphere at WFF

41t.x nm 443.x nm 489.x nm 509.7 nm 554.t nm 665.x nrn 682.x nm

62.76 43.83 26.79 25.54 17.5E 144.79 183.77 %

63.03 , 44.06 27.0_ 25.68 17.57 147.51 189.72 %

25.39 17.5E 141.94 177.82 %

Radiance

% Diff

Max

Min 62.49 43.61 26.5_

Mean of all tests 72.14 %

Maximum of all tests 183.77 %

Minimum of all tests 17.56 %

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4.4 Special Tests

The SIRREX-6 allows the examination of the impact of

variations in calibration procedures.

4.4.1 Satlantic Calibration

Satlantic is the manufacturer of the underwater photometer

heads used in SIRREX-6. During their first tests, Satlantic

independently ran their standard calibration procedure for

these units. Table 27 shows the relationship between the

calibration numbers provided by Satlantic and the mean of

all the tests under SIRREX-6. The agreement is quite good.

4.4.2 20 Degree Cone Correction

The light filters used on the heads are manufactured by

laying down thin alternating layers of metal and transparent

material. These layers were very precisely controlled to set

the bandpass wavelength. Light passing through the filter at

an angle sees the layers as farther apart than light passing

directly through, so the effective bandpass wavelength

changes slightly.

The filter manufacturer's bench spectrograph used to measure

the filters has a field of view of only 3 degrees. The radiance

heads used for SIRREX-6 have a field of view of 20 degrees

and the irradiance heads have an even wider cosine-weighted

field of view. This means that the effective bandpass wavelength for these heads was slightly bluer (shifted to shorter

wavelength) than the original filter test would indicate. The

manufacturer provides a calculated correction for this effect

called the "20 Degree Cone."

Most of the laboratories in SIRREX-6 used the 20 Degree

Cone bandpass wavelengths but UCSB did not. This created

the opportunity for demonstrating the level of this effect on

the data. Table 28 shows the percentage difference between

the data calculated with and without the 20 Degree Cone

correction. The coefficients with the corrections were

subtracted from those without and divided by those without.

The mean effect is a reduction of 1% across all wavelengths

for both the radiance and irradiance heads. The effect is

stronger in the shorter wavelengths and for the irradiance

heads.

Table 27. Percent Difference Between Satlantic Calibration and Mean

411.x nm 443.x nm 489.x nm 509.7 nm 554.1 nm 665.x nm 682.x nm

Radiance -1.08 -117 -101 -1.831 -1711 -0.461 -0.641 %

Irradiance -0.68 -0.66 -0.29 -0.611 -0.63] -0.091 -0.591 %

Mean of all tests -0.82 %

Maximum of all tests -0.09 %

Minimum of all tests -1.83 %

Table 28. Effect of 20 Degree Cone in Percent Deviation From Mean

411.x nm 443.x nm 489.x nm 509.7 nm 554.1 nm 665.x nm 682.x nm

Irradiance 1.38 1.23 0.94 0.861 0.651 0.201 0.331 %

Mean of all tests

Maximum of all tests

Minimum of all tests

0.63

1.23

0.63

%

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4.4.3On Axis Measurements

At some laboratories each head was measured seven times,

once with each filter on the optical axis. This was done by

offsetting the head and rotating it to bring the six outside

filters on-axis.

This procedure produced a significant change in the

readings only if:

t. The input aperture of the integration sphere was

small.

2. The uniformly illuminated area of a plaque was

smaller than the field of view of the offset channels.

4.4.4 SXR

The SeaWiFS Transfer Radiometer (SXR) is a laboratory

reference instrument developed by NIST and used with the

GSFC 42-inch integration sphere in preflight testing of the

SeaWiFS instrument in the spring of 1997. SIRREX-6

provided an opportunity to compare SXR readings of the

same GSFC integration sphere with the standards used for

SeaWiFS preflight measurements.

The readings from the SXR were used to shift a model

curve of the sphere wavelength response. Then the shifted

curve was used to obtain the radiance value at the Satlantic

Head wavelengths. Only four of the wavelengths were close

enough for this approach.

The wavelengths of the SXR and the Satlantic Heads do not

exactly match, and neither match the calibration points on

the model curve. The same four-point interpolation method

recommended by NIST for FEL lamps and plaques was

used. Other methods are possible and the result is sensitive

to the interpolation method used.

Table 29 shows that the results for the SXR reading the

sphere are about 1% less than the level calculated with the

mean of the Satlantic radiance head data. The published

values for the SXR calibration and the mean calibration

constants from the nine SIRREX-6 tests were used.

Also available in the same test period was the VXR, which

is a second version of the SXR design with only a few

mechanical changes. Table 30 shows a comparison of the

VXR data taken at the same time as the SXR data and

reduced in the same manner.

This data and analysis shows that the results for the VXR

reading the sphere are about 1% greater than the level

calculated with the mean of the Satlantic radiance head data.

The mean calibration constants from the nine SIRREX-6

tests were used.

Table 29. Percent Difference Between SXR and Radiance Heads

SXR

38, 39

Adj

Mean

% Diff

Mean %

-1.19

411.x nm 443.x nm 489.x nm 509.x nm 554.x nm 665.x nm 682.x nm

1.704! 1.453 2.647 1.173 2.013 2.171

1.726 1.478 2.658 0.822 1.188 42.795 1.134

-1.28 -1.74 -0.42 -1.34 -2025.85 47. 74

N/A Out of range

STD

0.85

N/A -- Wavelength not available

Table 30. Percent Difference Between VXR and Radiance Heads

VXR

38, 39

Adj

Mean

% Diff

Mean %

1.17

411.x nm 443.x nm 489.x nm 509.x nm 554.x nm 665.x nm 682.x nm

1.772 1.505

1.726 1.478 2.65_

2.62 1.81

0.822

1.177 2.01E 2.136

1.188 42.795 1.134

-0.92 -2022.67 46.90

N/A NIA Out of range

STD

1.82 N/A -- Wavelength not available

22 SIRREX-6

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4.4.5 Multiple Tests at GSFC

The initial SIRREX-6 plan called for tests at Goddard Space

Flight Center (GSFC) early and late in the series. To resolve

questions that arose after the second test, the irradiance

portion of the test was rerun a few weeks later for a third

time. The integrations sphere was not available to repeat the

radiance tests.

Table 31 shows the difference between the first and last test

as a fraction of the mean from all tests. The radiance data is

about 0.58% higher for the second test. The irradiance data

is about 1.2% lower for the third test.

The second and third irradiance tests were reviewed in

detail and a difference was found in the current driving the

lamps. In the first and last tests a preprogrammed level in

the power supply was used, resulting in a lamp current of

7.999 amps as read on the current shunt. In the second test

the power supply was set manually to the same value on the

indicator but the current shunt reading was 7.996 amps. The

light output of the lamp is proportional to the fourth power

of the current. The difference in the second and third data

set is what is expected from this change in current. The

third GSFC irradiance test was the most precise repeat of

the first GSFC test.

This retest shows how sensitive this testing is to the

procedures used.

Table 31. Percent Difference GSFC 2/GSFC 1 and GSFC 3/GSFC 1

Radiance 411.x nm 443.x nm 489.x nm 509.x nm 554.x am 665.x am 682.x nm

GSFC2/ll -1.351 ,0.501 1.231 1.221 1.321 O/R I O/R 17.999amp I

Irradiance

GSFC3/1 I -1.131 -0.801 -1.321 -1.5 -0.9 -O.931 -1.6q 7.999 amp I

Rad

In"

Both

Mean Max Min

0.58 1.32 -1.35

-1.18 -0.80 -1.60

-0.44 1.32 -1.60

SIRREX-6 23
5. SIRREX-6 RECOMMENDATIONS

The authors would like to make the following recommendations to improve SeaWiFS ground truth procedures and

future SIRREX efforts.

5.1 Future SIRREX

Future SIRREX tests would benefit from the following:

1. A standard 500-mm rod--SIRREX personnel will carry

their own 500 mm rod to set the lamp head distance for

irradiance tests. This is the most critical distance in these

tests. Errors of only a few millimeters will result in the

instrument calibration being off by several percent. A fixed

rod is the best way for a repeatable setting of this distance.

Some laboratories have baffle arrangements that make the

use of this rod or any other measuring method difficult.

Such arrangements should be modified.

2. A traveling lamp---NASA will transfer the calibration

from its Optronic laboratories FEL-M Standard of Spectral

Irradiance Lamp (S/N F-474) to four Hoffman FEL lamps.

One of these lamps will then be carried throughout SIRREX

as a traveling standard. This will help distinguish between

data changes caused by changes in the test instruments and

data changes caused by laboratory procedure variations.

5.2 NASA-Provided Equipment

NASA can facilitate the consistency of the ground truth

tests by providing each laboratory with the following:

1. 500-mm rod

2. Standard black lollipops

5.3 Consistency of Test Procedures

The S1RREX-6 effort can serve as the basis for discussions

of uniform test procedures on the following points:

1.20 degree cone correction

2. Ambient tests with lollipop

3. Interpolation method of lamp reference data

4. Non-Lambertian correction for plaques

6. CONCLUSIONS

Laboratories tested were uniform to better than + 2% on

average. This is an encouraging result.

Improvements in this agreement can be achieved by

working low-level details of the equipment and the data

reduction practices of the individual laboratories.

Future SIRREX tests of some sort will be needed to monitor

and improve these results.

24 SIRREX-6

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PARTICIPANTS

GSFC Contact

The Goddard Space Flight Center contact person for

SIRREX-6 is:

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

Contact Persons: Tom Riley

Phone: (301) 286-0712

Fax: (301) 286-1775

Email: triley@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov

Participants

The authors would like to thank the following laboratories

that participated in SIRREX-6.

1. Satlantic Inc. (Satlantic)

Richmond Terminal, Pier 9

3295 Barrington Street

Halifax, NS, B3K 5X8, Canada

August 11, 1997

Contact Person: Scott McLean

Phone: (902) 492-4780

Fax: (903) 492-4781

Email: scott@satlantic.com, norman@satlantic.com

. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)

Prospect Place

Plymouth PLI 3DH

United Kingdom

September 8, 1997

Contact Person: Gerald Moore

Phone: +44-1752-633 100

(Direct +44-1752-633 432)

Fax: +44-1752-633-101

Email: G.Moore@pml.ac.uk

. Joint Reasearch Center (JRC-SAI)

2102 Ispra (VA)

Italy

September 17, 1997

Contact Person: Giuseppe Zibordi

Phone: +39-332-785902

Fax: +39-332-789034

Email: giuseppe.zibordi@jrc.it

. Center for Hydro-Optics & Remote Sensing

(CHORS)

San Diego State University

6505 Aivarado Road, Suite 206

.

.

.

.

,

San Diego, CA 92120-5005

October 2, 1997

Contact Person: Jim Mueller

Phone: (619) 594-2230

Email:jim@chors.sdsu.edu

Biospherical Instruments (Biosphere)

San Diego, CA

October 3, 1997

Contact Person: Jim Ehramjian

Phone: (619) 686-1888

Email: jime@biospherical.com,

davidn@biospherical.com

University of California at Santa Barbara

(UCSB)

Santa Barbara, CA

October 6, 1997

Contact person: Dave Menzies

Phone: (805) 893 -8496

Email: davem@icess.ucsb.edu

cc:mob@icess.ucsb.edu

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

Remote Sensing Division, Code 7200

4555 Overlook Avenue, SW

Washington, DC 20375-5320

November 6, 1997

Contact Person: Curtis Davis, Mark Czamzski

Phone: (202) 767-9296 (202) 767-8273

Fax: (202) 404-7453

lnstitut fiirWeltraumsensorik (DLR)

Rudower Chausse 5

D- 12489 Berlin

Germany

September 12, 1997

Contact Person: Karl-Heinz Siimnich

Phone: +49(0) 30-69545-570

Fax: +49(0) 30-69545-572

Email: karl-heinz.suemnich@dlr.de

Http://www.ba.dir.de/NE-WSAVS 5/mos.html

Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)

NASA/WFF

Goddard Space Flight Center

Wallops Island, VA 23337

December 2, 1997

Contact Person: James Yungel

Email: yungel@osb 1.wff.nasa.gov

Frank E. Hoge

Email: hoge@osb.wff.nasa.gov

Phone: (757) 824-1021

SIRREX-6 25
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Washington, DC 20546-0001

8. PEFORMING ORGANIZATION

REPORT NUMBER

98B00061

10. SPONSORING I MONITORING

AGENCY REPORT NUMBER

TM--1998-206878

11.SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Bailey: Futuretech Corporation

12a. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE

Unclassified-Unlimited

Subject Category: 48

Report available from the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information,

7121 Standard Drive, Hanover, MD 21076-1320. (301) 621-0390.

13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)

For the sixth Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Intercallibration Round-Robin

Experiment (SIRREX-6), NASA personnel carried the same four Satlantic in-water radiometers to

nine separate laboratories and calibrated them. Two of the sensors were seven-channel radiance heads

and two were seven-channel irradiance heads. The calibration and data reduction procedures used at

each site followed that laboratory's normal procedures. The reference lamps normally used for the

calibration of these types of instruments by the various laboratories were also used for this experiment.

NASA personnel processed the data to produce calibration parameters from the various laboratories

for comparison.

These tests showed an overall agreement at better than the + 2% level. Analysis of each laboratory's

efforts and specific data handling procedures are included.

14.SUBJECTTERMS

SeaWiFS, SIRREX-6, in-water radiometer.

17. SECURITY CLASSIRCATION 18. SECURITY CLASSIRCATION

OF REPORT OF THIS PAGE

Unclassified Unclassified

NSN 7540-01-280-5500

19. SECURITY CLASSIRCATION

OF ABSTRACT

Unclassified

15. NUMBER OF PAGES

26

16. PRICE CODE

20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRAC1

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