MSU / HIRS / SSU Calibration Information
MSU FM-10, NOAA-J/14
MSU NON-LINEARITY CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS
| d0 count | d1* | d2 count -1 | |
| Channel 1 | 90.675280 | 0.927477 | 1.377153E-05 |
| Channel 2 | 75.393355 | 0.939953 | 1.161055E-05 |
| Channel 3 | 44.230915 | 0.958181 | 8.905423E-06 |
| Channel 4 | 41.398696 | 0.957974 | 9.013738E-06 |
*NOTE: d1 is dimensionless
PRT COUNT TO RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS
K0 (Ohm) - 495.6, K1 (Ohm) - 107.8
Internal Warm Target PRT Resistance to Temperature (K) Coefficients:
| e0 (K) | e1 (K/Ohm) | e2 (K/Ohm2) | |
| PRT 1A | 29.003197 | 0.429363 | 3.144484E-05 |
| PRT 2A | 28.514892 | 0.428037 | 3.028803E-05 |
| PRT 1B | 28.455605 | 0.428430 | 3.021258E-05 |
| PRT 2B | 29.113998 | 0.425768 | 3.159801E-05 |
MSU, FM-10, NOAA-J/14 Centroid of Spectral Response Functions:
| CHANNEL | vc(cm-1) |
| 1 | 1.6779 |
| 2 | 1.7927 |
| 3 | 1.8334 |
| 4 | 1.9331 |
NSP - RADIANCE OF SPACE
| CHANNEL | NSP (mW/[m2-sr-cm-1]) |
| 1 | 0.000086 |
| 2 | 0.000096 |
| 3 | 0.000084 |
| 4 | 0.000092 |
SSU, FM-D3, NOAA-J/14
aj - PRT COUNT-TO-TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS
| a0 | a1 | a2 |
| 278.15 | 4.989 X 10-3 | -0.003 X 10-9 |
THERMISTOR TO TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS
| b0 | b1 | b2 | b3 |
| 375.969 | -203.161 | 179.13 | -85.16 |
| c0 | c1 | c2 | c3 |
| 375.969 | -203.161 | 179.13 | -85.16 |
NORMALIZED RESPONSE FUNCTION, NOAA-J/14, SSU, FM-D3
| Channel | Central Wave cm -1 |
| 1 | 669.988 |
| 2 | 669.628 |
| 3 | 669.357 |
HIRS/2I, FM-3I, NOAA-J/14
IWT PRT COUNT-TO-TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS
| a0 | a1 | a2 | a3 | a4 |
| 301.38795 | 6.52106E-03 | 8.27531E-08 | 4.65675E-11 | 1.45893E-15 |
| 301.37735 | 6.53105E-03 | 8.36999E-08 | 4.66502E-11 | 1.44768E-15 |
| 301.39698 | 6.52318E-03 | 8.26203E-08 | 4.65039E-11 | 1.51146E-15 |
| 301.36675 | 6.52655E-03 | 8.36699E-08 | 4.67894E-11 | 1.41383E-15 |
HIRS/2I FM-3I VISIBLE COEFFICIENTS, Channel 20:
G (% ALBEDO/COUNT) = 0.000268, I(% ALBEDO) = 0.005273
HIRS/2I FM-3I BAND CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS
| Channel | Vc | b | c |
| 1 | 668.90 | 0.002 | 0.99998 |
| 2 | 679.36 | -0.000 | 0.99997 |
| 3 | 689.63 | 0.011 | 0.99994 |
| 4 | 703.56 | 0.001 | 0.99994 |
| 5 | 714.50 | -0.014 | 0.99997 |
| 6 | 732.28 | 0.026 | 0.99989 |
| 7 | 749.64 | 0.019 | 0.99991 |
| 8 | 898.67 | 0.067 | 0.99977 |
| 9 | 1028.31 | 0.050 | 0.99980 |
| 10 | 796.04 | 0.021 | 0.99990 |
| 11 | 1360.95 | 0.073 | 0.99971 |
| 12 | 1481.00 | 0.284 | 0.99931 |
| 13 | 2191.32 | 0.021 | 0.99996 |
| 14 | 2207.36 | 0.020 | 0.99997 |
| 15 | 2236.39 | 0.024 | 0.99998 |
| 16 | 2268.12 | 0.018 | 0.99996 |
| 17 | 2420.24 | 0.026 | 0.99992 |
| 18 | 2512.21 | 0.042 | 0.99993 |
| 19 | 2647.91 | 0.313 | 0.99946 |
HIRS/2I FM-3I 15 DEG C Baseplate
| Channel | Slope | SD | NEDN | DSlope | Specified NEDN |
| 1 | .439 | 4.59 | 2.02 | -2.2 | 3.00 |
| 2 | .217 | 1.85 | 0.40 | -3. | 0.67 |
| 3 | .145 | 1.83 | 0.27 | -2.2 | 0.50 |
| 4 | .0615 | 1.90 | 0.12 | -2. | 0.31 |
| 5 | .0509 | 1.96 | 0.10 | -2. | 0.20 |
| 6 | .0413 | 2.01 | 0.082 | -2. | 0.24 |
| 7 | .0305 | 2.01 | 0.061 | -2.9 | 0.20 |
| 8 | .0387 | 0.57 | 0.022 | -5. | 0.10 |
| 9 | .0449 | 0.64 | 0.029 | -6.5 | 0.15 |
| 10 | .0334 | 1.89 | 0.063 | -2.9 | 0.16 |
| 11 | .0271 | 1.88 | 0.051 | -6.9 | 0.20 |
| 12 | .0286 | 2.06 | 0.059 | -5.3 | 0.19 |
| 13 | .00133 | 0.94 | 0.0013 | +5. | 0.006 |
| 14 | .00142 | 0.93 | 0.0013 | +6.8 | 0.002 |
| 15 | .00131 | 0.84 | 0.0011 | +6.5 | 0.004 |
| 16 | .000960 | 0.94 | 0.009 | +5.8 | 0.002 |
| 17 | .00239 | 0.45 | 0.0011 | +5.2 | 0.002 |
| 18 | .00139 | 0.45 | 0.00063 | +4.5 | 0.002 |
| 19 | .000519 | 0.51 | 0.00026 | +9.0 | 0.001 |
NOTE: Slope is mW/m2 ster cm-1 per count (except, channel 20 which is %
albedo per count). Noise is the counts, standard deviation from 4480 samples in each
channel.
HIRS/2I, FM-3I NOAA-J/14 Normalized Response Functions (From 30-Point
Spline Fit)
CHANNEL 1
STARTING WAVE # 0.65498E+03
INCREMENT 0.10352E+0
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.19852E-11] [0.85772E-09] [0.00000E+00]
[0.00000E+00] [0.12810E-02] [0.44857E-02] [0.82405E-02] [0.19631E-01]
[0.41470E-01] [0.81361E-01] [0.14860E+00] [0.20791E+00] [0.18506E+00]
[0.12359E+00] [0.66636E-01] [0.35731E-01] [0.19537E-01] [0.11633E-01]
[0.64256E-02] [0.28773E-02] [0.15695E-02] [0.00000E+00] [0.17913E-07]
[0.37318E-10] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.19534E-15] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 2
STARTING WAVE # 0.65950E+03
INCREMENT 0.13793E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.37405E-09] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.46815E-03]
[0.11189E-02] [0.26514E-02] [0.65789E-02] [0.14211E-01] [0.29096E-01]
[0.46101E-01] [0.57497E-01] [0.63295E-01] [0.67713E-01] [0.70572E-01]
[0.73431E-01] [0.76276E-01] [0.75522E-01] [0.63240E-01] [0.39341E-01]
[0.18519E-01] [0.86375E-02] [0.40444E-02] [0.24845E-02] [0.15552E-02]
[0.11421E-02] [0.10969E-02] [0.49205E-03] [0.00000E+00] [0.10641E-09]
CHANNEL 3
STARTING WAVE # 0.66952E+03
INCREMENT 0.13683E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.36180E-05] [0.14786E-03] [0.52586E-03]
[0.12555E-02] [0.30013E-02] [0.65720E-02] [0.13610E-01] [0.24567E-01]
[0.36649E-01] [0.48995E-01 [0.60769E-01] [0.71701E-01] [0.77838E-01]
[0.77635E-01] [0.73557E-01] [0.68820E-01] [0.62262E-01] [0.47955E-01]
[0.29498E-01] [0.14329E-01] [0.64075E-02] [0.28448E-02] [0.14687E-02]
[0.49566E-03] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.34911E-09] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 4
STARTING WAVE # 0.66981E+03
INCREMENT 0.20617E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.12818E-06]
[0.65559E-05] [0.16638E-03] [0.34170E-03] [0.67590E-03] [0.14173E-02]
[0.35329E-02] [0.97859E-02] [0.24843E-01] [0.43908E-01] [0.51715E-01]
[0.53099E-01] [0.55544E-01] [0.57868E-01] [0.57873E-01] [0.51724E-01]
[0.36972E-01] [0.19632E-01] [0.87024E-02] [0.38448E-02] [0.18674E-02]
[0.91715E-03] [0.64247E-03] [0.00000E+00] [0.66026E-06] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 5
STARTING WAVE # 0.67935E+03
INCREMENT 0.27590E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.13157E-06]
[0.19391E-04] [0.51189E-03] [0.14309E-02] [0.46346E-02] [0.14735E-01]
[0.34467E-01] [0.49666E-01] [0.55673E-01] [0.58076E-01] [0.57946E-01]
[0.48163E-01] [0.25211E-01] [0.84896E-02] [0.26392E-02] [0.78330E-03]
[0.31586E-04] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.22046E-11] [0.00000E+00]
[0.00000E+00] [0.20464E-17] [0.20180E-19] [0.00000E+00] [0.91700E-26]
CHANNEL 6
STARTING WAVE # 0.69927E+03
INCREMENT 0.20700E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.25655E-11] [0.71312E-09] [0.00000E+00]
[0.00000E+00] [0.24658E-03] [0.55124E-03] [0.12693E-02] [0.29299E-02]
[0.78890E-02] [0.19560E-01] [0.36856E-01] [0.48838E-01] [0.51160E-01]
[0.51073E-01] [0.51394E-01] [0.51612E-01] [0.50773E-01] [0.44827E-01]
[0.32254E-01] [0.17684E-01] [0.79368E-02] [0.34420E-02] [0.16389E-02]
[0.83032E-03] [0.29298E-03] [0.77707E-04] [0.00000E+00] [0.11981E-10]
CHANNEL 7
STARTING WAVE # 0.71947E+03
INCREMENT 0.20700E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.14304E-11] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.34747E-06]
[0.33605E-03] [0.73672E-03] [0.19031E-02] [0.47303E-02] [0.11774E-01]
[0.26048E-01] [0.41704E-01] [0.48530E-01] [0.49930E-01] [0.51201E-01]
[0.52504E-01] [0.52973E-01] [0.49382E-01] [0.39849E-01] [0.25721E-01]
[0.13219E-01] [0.62630E-02] [0.31666E-02] [0.15276E-02] [0.82104E-03]
[0.48701E-03] [0.15638E-03] [0.17033E-03] [0.35151E-06] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 8
STARTING WAVE # 0.85893E+03
INCREMENT 0.24141E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.43157E-06] [0.18126E-04] [0.13348E-04] [0.14342E-03]
[0.47278E-03] [0.11218E-02] [0.24272E-02] [0.55191E-02] [0.11922E-01]
[0.19546E-01] [0.24111E-01] [0.25710E-01] [0.27259E-01] [0.29074E-01]
[0.30539E-01] [0.30563E-01] [0.29143E-01] [0.27294E-01] [0.26790E-01]
[0.28139E-01] [0.31028E-01] [0.29800E-01] [0.19310E-01] [0.87567E-02]
[0.35106E-02] [0.13707E-02] [0.46192E-03] [0.19620E-03] [0.63255E-08]
CHANNEL 9
STARTING WAVE # 0.99550E+03
INCREMENT 0.28966E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.18167E-03] [0.10371E-02] [0.20924E-02] [0.37789E-02]
[0.73564E-02] [0.14120E-01] [0.22227E-01] [0.28644E-01] [0.31388E-01]
[0.32457E-01] [0.32572E-01] [0.32766E-01] [0.33381E-01] [0.33629E-01]
[0.29618E-01] [0.19891E-01] [0.99423E-02] [0.45736E-02] [0.21906E-02]
[0.11151E-02] [0.65637E-03] [0.47183E-03] [0.30960E-03] [0.24322E-03]
[0.21920E-03] [0.22317E-03] [0.14920E-03] [0.12896E-04] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 10
STARTING WAVE # 0.76039E+03
INCREMENT 0.27590E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.55010E-10] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.12266E-03]
[0.60849E-03] [0.98638E-03] [0.22992E-02] [0.49789E-02] [0.13251E-01]
[0.32995E-01] [0.52436E-01] [0.55643E-01] [0.54234E-01] [0.50317E-01]
[0.41350E-01] [0.27447E-01] [0.13807E-01] [0.62940E-02] [0.25402E-02]
[0.12497E-02] [0.82678E-03] [0.58459E-03] [0.18225E-03] [0.16719E-03]
[0.15841E-03] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.10770E-09] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 11
STARTING WAVE # 0.12496E+04
INCREMENT 0.68931E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00]
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.85462E-07] [0.00000E+00]
[0.14347E-03] [0.54288E-03] [0.19496E-02] [0.87818E-02] [0.22855E-01]
[0.23813E-01] [0.21822E-01] [0.22228E-01] [0.21602E-01] [0.15463E-01]
[0.47266E-02] [0.90462E-03] [0.20718E-03] [0.35958E-04] [0.00000E+00]
[0.00000E+00] [0.50554E-11] [0.19776E-13] [0.00000E+00] [0.54442E-20]
CHANNEL 12
STARTING WAVE # 0.14209E+04
INCREMENT 0.48276E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.30806E-03] [0.64370E-03] [0.16308E-02] [0.44776E-02]
[0.97886E-02] [0.13373E-01] [0.13803E-01] [0.13328E-01] [0.13070E-01]
[0.13214E-01] [0.12866E-01] [0.12314E-01] [0.12374E-01] [0.12112E-01]
[0.11124E-01] [0.10768E-01] [0.10631E-01] [0.94776E-02] [0.83468E-02]
[0.75206E-02] [0.61563E-02] [0.45581E-02] [0.29029E-02] [0.14118E-02]
[0.57530E-03] [0.24289E-03] [0.10095E-03] [0.33586E-04] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 13
STARTING WAVE # 0.21603E+04
INCREMENT 0.20690E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.10808E-05] [0.77428E-04] [0.16545E-03] [0.38437E-03]
[0.72348E-03] [0.14570E-02] [0.36736E-02] [0.95230E-02] [0.21133E-01]
[0.32780E-01] [0.39197E-01] [0.39279E-01] [0.36644E-01] [0.35991E-01]
[0.38020E-01] [0.40737E-01] [0.42231E-01] [0.41200E-01] [0.35746E-01]
[0.26594E-01] [0.17553E-01] [0.98327E-02] [0.48942E-02] [0.26103E-02]
[0.14270E-02] [0.74750E-03] [0.45652E-03] [0.28482E-03] [0.11819E-06]
CHANNEL 14
STARTING WAVE # 0.21801E+04
INCREMENT 0.20690E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.77781E-06] [0.00000E+00] [0.93423E-03] [0.17600E-02]
[0.38851E-02] [0.86530E-02] [0.16372E-01] [0.24357E-01] [0.31399E-01]
[0.36997E-01] [0.40997E-01] [0.44087E-01] [0.46258E-01] [0.46461E-01]
[0.44404E-01] [0.39950E-01] [0.33348E-01] [0.25461E-01] [0.17438E-01]
[0.10124E-01] [0.53551E-02] [0.26484E-02] [0.13076E-02] [0.82166E-03]
[0.33745E-03] [0.58335E-05] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.15000E-13]
CHANNEL 15
STARTING WAVE # 0.22006E+04
INCREMENT 0.24138E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.64712E-08] [0.84567E-07] [0.79351E-04] [0.26964E-03]
[0.58930E-03] [0.15742E-02] [0.34159E-02] [0.68131E-02] [0.12210E-01]
[0.19891E-01] [0.28273E-01] [0.35968E-01] [0.41505E-01] [0.43891E-01]
[0.42738E-01] [0.41091E-01] [0.39169E-01] [0.35393E-01] [0.27764E-01]
[0.18265E-01] [0.91052E-02] [0.39755E-02] [0.14764E-02] [0.66873E-03]
[0.19931E-03] [0.00000E+00] [0.56631E-08] [0.38262E-09] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 16
STARTING WAVE # 0.22304E+04
INCREMENT 0.27621E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.10919E-07] [0.00000E+00] [0.96896E-04] [0.52088E-04]
[0.20073E-03] [0.76009E-03] [0.19718E-02] [0.56239E-02] [0.13789E-01]
[0.26201E-01] [0.37712E-01] [0.43996E-01] [0.45018E-01] [0.44013E-01]
[0.42476E-01] [0.38768E-01] [0.29867E-01] [0.18234E-01] [0.85491E-02]
[0.28847E-02] [0.11722E-02] [0.42145E-03] [0.14994E-03] [0.10361E-03]
[0.10094E-06] [0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.21625E-12] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 17
STARTING WAVE # 0.23882E+04
INCREMENT 0.24138E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.46381E-03] [0.76277E-03] [0.11486E-02] [0.13861E-02]
[0.25096E-02] [0.44869E-02] [0.11544E-01] [0.28418E-01] [0.39992E-01]
[0.36113E-01] [0.28813E-01] [0.26529E-01] [0.27471E-01] [0.30304E-01]
[0.34158E-01] [0.35875E-01] [0.33541E-01] [0.28183E-01] [0.18556E-01]
[0.10268E-01] [0.59171E-02] [0.32098E-02] [0.22414E-02] [0.16397E-02]
[0.38024E-03] [0.27094E-03] [0.14245E-03] [0.00000E+00] [0.28520E-09]
CHANNEL 18
STARTING WAVE # 0.24598E+04
INCREMENT 0.34483E+01
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.18768E-07] [0.62949E-04] [0.26728E-03]
[0.58745E-03] [0.13263E-02] [0.24800E-02] [0.46934E-02] [0.82044E-02]
[0.12707E-01] [0.17536E-01] [0.21705E-01] [0.24913E-01] [0.27390E-01]
[0.28703E-01] [0.28902E-01] [0.27800E-01] [0.25580E-01] [0.21622E-01]
[0.15756E-01] [0.96712E-02] [0.51992E-02] [0.25213E-02] [0.12663E-02]
[0.63230E-03] [0.27534E-03] [0.14626E-03] [0.55570E-04] [0.00000E+00]
CHANNEL 19
STARTING WAVE # 0.25006E+04
INCREMENT 0.10345E+02
NUMBER OF POINTS 30
[0.00000E+00] [0.00000E+00] [0.77713E-06] [0.46283E-04] [0.11774E-03]
[0.16272E-03] [0.39229E-03] [0.80467E-03] [0.18068E-02] [0.37833E-02]
[0.64493E-02] [0.85986E-02] [0.95268E-02] [0.97613E-02] [0.92449E-02]
[0.87214E-02] [0.83986E-02] [0.90975E-02] [0.95490E-02] [0.61196E-02]
[0.23252E-02] [0.90213E-03] [0.38982E-03] [0.15637E-03] [0.14604E-03]
[0.72365E-04] [0.69470E-04] [0.24856E-04] [0.00000E+00] [0.84134E-12]
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