The compact spectral irradiance monitor flight demonstration mission

Richard, E. C.; Harber, D.; Drake, Ginger; Rutkowsi, Joel; Castleman, Zach; Smith, Matthew F.; Sprunck, Jacob; Zheng, Wengang; Smith, Paul H.; Fisher, M.; Sims, Alan; Cervelli, Beth; Fowle, Maxwell; Miller, Marc; Chambliss, Michael; Woods, Thomas N.; Pilewskie, P.; Yung, C. S.; Stephens, M.; Tomlin, Nathan A.; White, M. G.; Lehman, John H.

doi:10.1117/12.2531268

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“…The CSIM data set, spanning 210–2800 nm, began in late‐March 2019. The SIM instruments have variable spectral resolution of approximately 0.25–40 nm (Richard et al., 2019; 2020). TSIS‐1 SIM and CSIM data are available from: https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/tsis/data/ssi-data/ and https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/csim/data-and-ham-radio/.…”

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The TSIS‐1 Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum

Coddington

Richard

Harber

et al. 2021

Geophysical Research Letters

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We present a new solar irradiance reference spectrum representative of solar minimum conditions between solar cycles 24 and 25. The Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor‐1 (TSIS‐1) Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum (HSRS) is developed by applying a modified spectral ratio method to normalize very high spectral resolution solar line data to the absolute irradiance scale of the TSIS‐1 Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM) and the CubeSat Compact SIM (CSIM). The high spectral resolution solar line data are the Air Force Geophysical Laboratory ultraviolet solar irradiance balloon observations, the ground‐based Quality Assurance of Spectral Ultraviolet Measurements In Europe Fourier transform spectrometer solar irradiance observations, the Kitt Peak National Observatory solar transmittance atlas, and the semi‐empirical Solar Pseudo‐Transmittance Spectrum atlas. The TSIS‐1 HSRS spans 202–2730 nm at 0.01 to ∼0.001 nm spectral resolution with uncertainties of 0.3% between 460 and 2365 nm and 1.3% at wavelengths outside that range.

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The TSIS‐1 Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum

Coddington

Richard

Harber

et al. 2021

Geophysical Research Letters

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“…The measurement precision and limited long-term stability of the original SORCE SIM design with only two channels have affected the uncertainty for the model fits employed to develop the SSI3 composite. The lessons learned from SORCE SIM have led to improvements for TSIS-1 SIM (Richard et al, 2020) and for the Compact SIM (CSIM) cubesat mission (Richard et al, 2019).…”

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“…The measurement precision and limited long‐term stability of the original SORCE SIM design with only two channels have affected the uncertainty for the model fits employed to develop the SSI3 composite. The lessons learned from SORCE SIM have led to improvements for TSIS‐1 SIM (Richard, Harber, Coddington, et al., 2020) and for the Compact SIM (CSIM) CubeSat mission (Richard, Harber, Drake, et al., 2019). As noted in Section 2.2, we anticipate making use of these data to improve the SSI3 composite in the future as solar activity increases during solar cycle 25.…”

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An Improved Solar Spectral Irradiance Composite Record

Woods

DeLand

2021

Earth and Space Science

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“…Challenges remain, however, for maintaining an SSI measurement record into the future and over the long term. To address this challenge, the Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) supported the development of Compact Spectral Irradiance Monitor-Flight Demonstration (CSIM-FD), which was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 3 December 2018 as part of a CubeSat demonstration flight (Richard et al 2019). CSIM is an ultracompact SSI monitor covering the 200-2,800-nm spectral range and was integrated into a 6U CubeSat.…”

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The Emerging Technological Revolution in Earth Observations

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Freeman

Richard

et al. 2020

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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A technology revolution in Earth observation sensor design is occurring. This revolution in part is associated with the emergence of CubeSat platforms that have forced a de facto standardization on the volume and power into which sensors have to fit. The extent that small sensors can indeed provide similar or replacement capabilities compared to larger and more expensive counterparts has barely been demonstrated and any loss of capability of smaller systems weighed against the gains in costs and new potential capabilities offered by implementing them with a more distributed observing strategy also has not yet been embraced. This paper provides four examples of observations made with prototype miniaturized observing systems, including from CubeSats, that offer a glimpse of this emerging sensor revolution and a hint at future observing system design.

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The compact spectral irradiance monitor flight demonstration mission

Cited by 26 publications

References 8 publications

The TSIS‐1 Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum

The TSIS‐1 Hybrid Solar Reference Spectrum

An Improved Solar Spectral Irradiance Composite Record

The Emerging Technological Revolution in Earth Observations

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