公开(公告)号：WO2016179161A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-10

申请号：PCT/US2016/030546

申请日：2016-05-03

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.

Inventor： MASCHHOFF, Kevin R. ,  PERRON, Gerard M. ,  POLIZOTTI, John J.

IPC: G01B9/02 ,  G01J3/45 ,  G01N21/41

CPC classification number: G01N21/41 ,  G01J3/18 ,  G01J3/2823 ,  G01J5/007 ,  G01J5/0205 ,  G01J5/041 ,  G01J5/061 ,  G01J5/20 ,  G01J2005/202 ,  G01N21/3518 ,  G01N21/3554 ,  G01N2021/1793 ,  G01N2021/3531 ,  G01W1/04

Abstract: A mid-wave infrared system provides high spatial and temporal resolution measurements of atmospheric temperatures and moisture fields using a constellation of low earth orbit satellites. The disclosed system is smaller, lighter, less complex, and requires less energy than existing systems, due to implementation of an infrared avalanche photodiode array detector that provides enhanced sensitivity with reduced cooling requirements, and an Offner spectrometer having a novel a refractive element inserted near the grating that reduces the size and power requirements of the spectrometer. Embodiments of the disclosed method include deploying a constellation of devices for cooperative infrared sensing of atmospheric phenomena at similar rates, lower cost, and much higher resolution compared to geosynchronous approaches. Some embodiments further include combined analysis of measurements obtained by the disclosed devices with complementary measurements made by other low-earth and high-earth orbital and/or ground-based devices.

Abstract translation: 中波红外系统使用低地球轨道卫星星座提供大气温度和湿度场的高空间和时间分辨率测量。 由于实施红外雪崩光电二极管阵列检测器，所提供的灵敏度降低，冷却要求降低，所以所公开的系统更小，更轻，更不复杂，并且需要比现有系统更少的能量，并且具有新颖的折射元件的Offner光谱仪 该光栅减小了光谱仪的尺寸和功率要求。 所公开的方法的实施例包括以与地球同步方法相似的速率，较低的成本和更高的分辨率来部署用于协同红外感测大气现象的设备的星座。 一些实施例还包括由所公开的设备获得的测量结果与由其它低地球和高地球轨道和/或地面设备进行的互补测量的组合分析。