Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, Volume. 32, Issue 3, 786(2012)
Analysis of the Effect of Detector’s Operating Temperature on SNR in Space-Based Remote Sensor
Limb viewing is a new viewing geometry for space-based atmospheric remote sensing, but the spectral radiance of atmosphere scattering reduces rapidly with limb height. So the signal-noise-ratio (SNR) is a key performance parameter of limb remote sensor. A SNR model varying with detector’s temperature is proposed, based on analysis of spectral radiative transfer and noise’ source in representative instruments. The SNR at limb height 70km under space conditions was validated by simulation experiment on limb remote sensing spectrometer prototype. Theoretic analysis and experiment’s results indicate congruously that when detector’s temperature reduces to some extent, a maximum SNR will be reached. After considering the power consumption, thermal conductivity and other issues, optimal operating temperature of detector can be decided.
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LI Zhan-feng, WANG Shu-rong, HUANG Yu. Analysis of the Effect of Detector’s Operating Temperature on SNR in Space-Based Remote Sensor[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2012, 32(3): 786
Received: Jul. 12, 2011
Accepted: --
Published Online: Apr. 16, 2012
The Author Email: Zhan-feng LI (lizhanfeng115@163.com)