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- Title
Calibration Method for Airborne Infrared Optical Systems in a Non-Thermal Equilibrium State.
- Authors
Dong, Mingyuan; Shen, Honghai; Jia, Ping; Sun, Yang; Liang, Chao; Zhang, Fan; Hou, Jinghua
- Abstract
Airborne infrared optical systems equipped with multiple cooled infrared cameras are commonly utilized for quantitative radiometry and thermometry measurements. Radiometric calibration is crucial for ensuring the accuracy and quantitative application of remote sensing camera data. Conventional radiometric calibration methods that consider internal stray radiation are usually based on the assumption that the entire system is in thermal equilibrium. However, this assumption leads to significant errors when applying the radiometric calibration results in actual mission scenarios. To address this issue, we analyzed the changes in optical temperature within the system and developed a simplified model to account for the internal stray radiation in the non-thermal equilibrium state. Building upon this model, we proposed an enhanced radiometric calibration method, which was applied to the absolute radiometric calibration procedure of the system. The radiometric calibration experiment, conducted on the medium-wave channel of the system within a temperature test chamber, demonstrated that the proposed method can achieve a calibration accuracy exceeding 3.78% within an ambient temperature range of −30 °C to 15 °C. Additionally, the maximum temperature measurement error was found to be less than ±1.01 °C.
- Subjects
RADIOMETRY; THERMAL equilibrium; RADIOMETRIC methods; CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT errors; INFRARED cameras; INFRARED radiometry
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2023, Vol 23, Issue 14, p6326
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s23146326