학술논문

Skylight VIS-NIR Polarization Radiometer: Design, Calibration, and Measurement
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 24(6):7700-7710 Mar, 2024
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Calibration
Optical sensors
Optical polarization
Sea measurements
Radiometry
Optical variables measurement
Temperature measurement
Polarimetric calibration
skylight polarization measurements
spectral polarization sensor
sun radiometer
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
Skylight polarization radiation measurement has important application value in atmospheric remote sensing, aerosol retrieval, and polarization navigation. Traditional instruments like the Cimel CE318, while widely used in AERONET and SONET networks, suffer from limitations, such as long measurement time resolution, limited measurement modes, and incomplete calibration. Addressing these gaps, this article designs and implements a Skylight VIS-NIR Polarization Radiometer (SVNPR) for precise spectral polarization measurements, covering a spectral range of 400–1100 nm. The SVNPR, based on ground-based passive, robust, constant-temperature, and multiscan features, is particularly suited for field deployment. Furthermore, a comprehensive and feasible indoor calibration scheme is proposed, including spectral calibration, radiometric calibration, and polarimetric calibration. Finally, field measurements were conducted, and the experimental results show that the SVNPR can achieve effective and accurate skylight polarization measurements in practical applications. The calibrated instrument showed good consistency with CE318-DP, with mean absolute deviation (MAD) and root mean square error (RMSE) both within 0.005.