Vol. 22: Prelaunch Acceptance Report for the SeaWiFS Radiometer.
Citation:
Barnes, R.A., W.L. Barnes, W.E. Esaias, and C.R. McClain, 1994: Prelaunch Acceptance Report for the
SeaWiFS Radiometer. NASA Tech. Memo. 104566, Vol. 22, S.B. Hooker, E.R. Firestone, and J.G. Acker, Eds.,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 32 pp.
The final acceptance, or rejection, of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) will be
determined by the instrument's on-orbit operation. There is, however, an extensive set of laboratory
measurements describing the operating characteristics of the radiometer. Many of the requirements in the Ocean
Color Data Mission (OCDM) specifications can be checked only by laboratory measurements. Here, the
calibration review panel (composed of the authors of this technical memorandum) examines the laboratory
characterization and calibration of SeaWiFS in the light of the OCDM performance specifications. Overall, the
performance of the SeaWiFS instrument meets or exceeds the requirements of the OCDM Contract in all but a
few unimportant details. The detailed results of this examination are presented here by following the outline of
the specifications, as found in the Contract. The results are presented in the form of requirement and compliance
pairs. These results give conclusions on many, but not all, of the performance specifications. The acceptance by
this panel of the performance of SeaWiFS must only be considered as an intermediate conclusion. The ultimate
acceptance (or rejection) of the SeaWiFS data set will rely on the measurements made by the instrument on
orbit.
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