Mr. Daniel D'Arcy LaPorte Profile

Daniel D'Arcy LaPorte

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2011 Paper

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The NASA enhanced MODIS airborne simulator

Thomas Ellis, Jeffrey Myers, Patrick Grant, Steven Platnick, Daniel Guerin, John Fisher, Kai Song, Joseph Kimchi, Louis Kilmer, Daniel LaPorte, Christopher Moeller

Proceedings Volume 8153, 81530N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894482

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Calibration, Telescopes, MODIS, Short wave infrared radiation, Device simulation, Long wavelength infrared, Satellites, Sensors, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 13 November 2010 Paper

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The University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center Absolute Radiance Interferometer (ARI)

Joe Taylor, Henry Revercomb, Henry Buijs, Frederic Grandmont, P. Jonathon Gero, Fred Best, David Tobin, Robert Knuteson, Daniel LaPorte, Richard Cline, Mark Schwarz, Jeff Wong

Proceedings Volume 7857, 78570K (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869581

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Climatology, Calibration, Sensors, Environmental sensing, Black bodies, Aerospace engineering, Temperature metrology, Infrared radiation, Climate change

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Proceedings Article | 14 May 2007 Paper

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The infrared cloud ice radiometer (IRCIR)

Joe Taylor, Henry Revercomb, Fred Best, Robert Knuteson, Mark Mulligan, Don Thielman, Dan LaPorte, Ray Garcia, Steve Ackerman, David Starr, James Spinhirne, Redgie Lancaster, Michael Harris

Proceedings Volume 6542, 65423H (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719809

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Calibration, Staring arrays, Sensors, Infrared sensors, Optical filters, Infrared imaging, Mirrors, Infrared radiation, Radiometry

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Proceedings Article | 22 December 2006 Paper

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Techniques used in improving the radiance validation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) observations with the Scanning High- Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)

Kenneth Vinson, David Tobin, Henry Revercomb, Robert Knuteson, Fred Best, William Smith, Nick Ciganovich, Steven Dutcher, Scott Ellington, Raymond Garcia, H. Benjamin Howell, Daniel LaPorte, Joe Taylor, Paul van Delst, Mark Werner

Proceedings Volume 6405, 640505 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.693600

KEYWORDS: Infrared radiation, Detector arrays, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric modeling, Mercury cadmium telluride, Interferometers, Ozone, Infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 22 December 2006 Open Access

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Infrared calibration for climate: a perspective on present and future high-spectral resolution instruments

Henry Revercomb, James Anderson, Fred Best, David Tobin, Robert Knuteson, Daniel LaPorte, Joe Taylor

Proceedings Volume 6405, 640501 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.694084

KEYWORDS: Climatology, Calibration, Environmental sensing, Climate change, Infrared radiation, Black bodies, Fourier transforms, Spectral resolution, Clouds, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2005 Paper

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Performance of an infrared sounder on several airborne platforms: the scanning high resolution interferometer sounder (S-HIS)

J. Taylor, F. Best, N. Ciganovich, S. Dutcher, S. Ellington, R. Garcia, H. Howell, R. Knuteson, D. LaPorte, S. Nasiri, E. Olson, H. Revercomb, D. Tobin, K. Vinson, M. Werner

Proceedings Volume 5882, 588214 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.618081

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Mirrors, Calibration, Black bodies, Sensors, Satellites, Digital signal processing, Data storage, Fluctuations and noise, Acoustics

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Proceedings Article | 20 January 2005 Paper

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Highly accurate FTIR observations from the scanning HIS aircraft instrument

Henry Revercomb, David Tobin, Robert Knuteson, Fred Best, William Smith, Paul van Delst, Daniel LaPorte, Scott Ellington, Mark Werner, Ralph Dedecker, Raymond Garcia, Nick Ciganovich, Hugh Howell, Erik Olson, Steven Dutcher, Joseph Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5655, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579018

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Interferometers, Sensors, MODIS, Black bodies, Spectral resolution, Fourier transforms, Diffractive optical elements, FT-IR spectroscopy, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 30 November 2004 Paper

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Validation of Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) spectral radiances with the Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) aircraft instrument

David Tobin, Henry Revercomb, Chris Moeller, Robert Knuteson, Fred Best, William Smith, Paul van Delst, Daniel LaPorte, Scott Ellington, Mark Werner, Ralph Dedecker, Raymond Garcia, Nick Ciganovich, Hugh Howell, Steven Dutcher, Joe Taylor

Proceedings Volume 5571, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566060

KEYWORDS: Calibration, MODIS, Infrared radiation, Spectral resolution, Space operations, Interferometers, Climatology, Sensors, Black bodies, Environmental sensing

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Proceedings Article | 16 June 2003 Paper

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Applications of high spectral resolution FTIR observations demonstrated by the radiometrically accurate ground-based AERI and the scanning HIS aircraft instruments

Henry Revercomb, Robert Knuteson, Fred Best, David Tobin, William Smith, Wayne Feltz, Ralph Petersen, Paolo Antonelli, Erik Olson, Daniel LaPorte, Scott Ellington, Mark Werner, Ralph Dedecker, Raymond Garcia, Nick Ciganovich, H. Benjamin Howell, Kenneth Vinson, Steven Ackerman

Proceedings Volume 4897, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.466834

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Interferometry, Sensors, Fourier transforms, Infrared radiation, Interferometers, Calibration, Wavefronts, Signal to noise ratio, Interference (communication)

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Proceedings Article | 8 April 2003 Paper

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Vibration-induced tilt error model for aircraft interferometer data

Erik Olson, Henry Revercomb, Robert Knuteson, H. Benjamin Howell, Daniel LaPorte, Scott Ellington, Mark Werner, Raymond Garcia, Fred Best

Proceedings Volume 4881, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462612

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Data modeling, Interferometers, Fourier transforms, Wavefronts, Black bodies, Calibration, Error analysis, Interferometry, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 18 January 2002 Paper

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Radiometric evaluation of MODIS emissive bands through comparison to ER-2-based MAS data

Christopher Moeller, Daniel LaPorte, Henry Revercomb, W. Paul Menzel

Proceedings Volume 4483, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453456

KEYWORDS: MODIS, Calibration, Mirrors, Atmospheric corrections, Long wavelength infrared, Atmospheric modeling, Mid-IR, Reflectivity, Sensors, Ozone

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The calibration accuracy of the Moderate resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) on Terra near its one year anniversary of first light has been assessed using ER-2 aircraft underflights during the Terra eXperiment (TX-2001) in the spring, 2001. The ER-2, equipped with the MAS and SHIS instruments, underflew Terra several times viewing clear sky earth scenes of the Gulf of Mexico. MAS and SHIS form a powerful tandem, combining high spatial resolution imaging with high spectral resolution sampling in the midwave to longwave infrared region. The assessment is based on co-located MODIS and MAS fields of view with matching viewing geometry and removes spatial and spectral dependencies. The MAS L1B calibration accuracy is improved by transferring the SHIS calibration accuracy (conservatively 0.5 K) to MAS. The early results of two days from TX-2001 indicate that MODIS bands are performing well, but not optimally. The MODIS MWIR window bands appear to be close to the 0.75 - 1% radiometric accuracy specification for the uniform warm, low reflectance scenes assessed, perhaps suggesting that known electronic crosstalk in MODIS SWIR and MWIR bands is small for such scenes. MODIS LWIR window bands show residuals of about 0.5 K to 0.6 K, larger than the 0.5% radiometric accuracy specification. However with the 0.5 K (window bands) to 1 K (atmospheric bands) uncertainties associated with the current assessment, it is not possible to definitively state whether these MODIS bands are or are not within specification. MODIS LWIR atmospheric CO₂ bands appear to perform near the 1% accuracy specification with the exception of bands 35 and 36, the upper tropospheric CO₂ bands at 13.9micrometers and 14.1micrometers . Different MODIS viewing geometry on the two days seems to suggest that scan mirror reflectance dependence on mirror angles may be influencing the MODIS L1B calibration for some bands, most notably the 8.6micrometers and LWIR CO₂ bands; however this assessment is dependent upon the accuracy of the spectral correction (a function of atmospheric conditions), which will be further investigated in coming months. It was surprising to find large MODIS residuals for several bands when the mirror angle to the earth scene closely matched that of when MODIS views its onboard blackbody.

Proceedings Article | 8 February 2001 Paper

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Demonstration of imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) performance for planetary and geostationary Earth observing

Henry Revercomb, Lawrence Sromovsky, Patrick Fry, Fred Best, Daniel LaPorte

Proceedings Volume 4151, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.416992

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Cameras, Fourier transforms, Calibration, Imaging systems, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Detector arrays, Black bodies, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 8 February 2001 Paper

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Calibration of the Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS)

Fred Best, Henry Revercomb, Gail Bingham, Robert Knuteson, David Tobin, Daniel LaPorte, William Smith

Proceedings Volume 4151, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417006

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Black bodies, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Fourier transforms, Spectral calibration, Sensors, Interferometers, Spectroscopy, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 1997 Paper

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Spectral characterization of MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) LWIR bands and application to MODIS science data cloud products

Christopher Moeller, Daniel LaPorte, Pavel Hajek, Kathleen Strabala, W. Paul Menzel

Proceedings Volume 3117, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283810

KEYWORDS: Clouds, MODIS, Calibration, Monochromators, Long wavelength infrared, Atmospheric modeling, Spectral calibration, Data modeling, Absorption, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 November 1996 Paper

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Airborne and ground-based Fourier transform spectrometers for meteorology: HIS, AERI, and the new AERI-UAV

Henry Revercomb, William Smith, Fred Best, Jean Giroux, Daniel LaPorte, Robert Knuteson, Mark Werner, Jim Anderson, N. Ciganovich, Richard Cline, Scott Ellington, Ralph Dedecker, T. Dirkx, Raymond Garcia, H. Benjamin Howell

Proceedings Volume 2832, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258890

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Interferometers, Clouds, Fourier transforms, Calibration, Atmospheric modeling, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Remote sensing, Mirrors, Digital signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 11 November 1996 Paper

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Blackbody emissivity considerations for radiometric calibration of the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) thermal channels

Christopher Moeller, Patrick Grant, Daniel LaPorte, Liam Gumley, Pavel Hajek, W. Paul Menzel, Jeffrey Myers, Susan White

Proceedings Volume 2820, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258114

KEYWORDS: Black bodies, Calibration, Long wavelength infrared, Temperature metrology, MODIS, Short wave infrared radiation, Carbon dioxide, Absorption, Clouds, Spectral resolution

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