In-flight characterization of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE mission

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dc.contributor.authorMcBride, Brent
dc.contributor.authorSienkiewicz, Noah
dc.contributor.authorXu, Xiaoguang
dc.contributor.authorPuthukkudy, Anin
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Borda, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorMartins, J. Vanderlei
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-08T15:09:17Z
dc.date.available2025-01-08T15:09:17Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-20
dc.descriptionProceedings Volume 13192, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII; 131920H (2024), 16-20 September 2024, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
dc.description.abstractThe Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) is a novel wide-field of view imaging polarimeter instrument on the recently-launched NASA Plankton Aerosol Cloud ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. Since launch on February 8 2024, HARP2 has taken over 6 months of global Earth data. In order for this data to meet scientific quality standards, we must ensure that it is as accurate as possible and over long periods of time. We use well-characterized Earth targets, such as Saharan deserts, as well as regular views of the Sun and dark frames to trend our on-orbit calibration. In this work, we discuss the preliminary performance trends derived from these activities and how well they compare with the HARP2 prelaunch calibration.
dc.description.sponsorshipWe acknowledge the tireless support of the ESI science and engineering team in the development and commissioning of HARP2 including Lorraine Remer, Dominik Cieslak, Danny Nelson, Ian Decker, Rachel Smith, Andrew Taylor, Joe Shields, Yomiyu Fekadu, Ben Cramer, and Aharon Turpie. HARP2 instrument activities on-orbit would not be possible without the support of PACE Flight Operations Team and Mission Operations Team, and especially Carissa Arillo, Frederick Patt, Ulrik Gliese, Leland Chemarys, Carl Reis, Angel Butts, Michelle Tamoria, Bob Schweiss, Dustyn Strosnider, Brian Cairns, and Kirk Knobelspiesse. We also acknowledge the efforts of John Wilding at the PACE Science Data Segment for troubleshooting L1A data processing on HARP2 on-orbit data. We also acknowledge significant prelaunch calibration support from Julia Barsi, Nathan Kelley, Boryana Erfremova, Miguel Rodriguez, Nicholas Reed, and Brendan McAndrew at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Radiometric Calibration Facility, in Greenbelt, MD, USA.
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2wyif-ucxi
dc.identifier.citationMcBride, Brent A., Noah Sienkiewicz, Xiaoguang Xu, Anin Puthukkudy, Roberto Fernandez-Borda, and J. Vanderlei Martins. “In-Flight Characterization of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE Mission.” In Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII, 13192:113–22. SPIE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3033680.
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dc.titleIn-flight characterization of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE mission
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