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Moon Imaging for the Calibration of the COMS Meteorological Imager  

Park, Bong-Kyu (한국항공우주연구원 통신해양기상위성사업단)
Yang, Koon-Ho (한국항공우주연구원 통신해양기상위성사업단)
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Aerospace Engineering and Technology / v.9, no.2, 2010 , pp. 44-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
COMS accommodates multiple payloads; Meteorological Image(MI), Ocean Color Imager(GOCI) and Ka-band communication payloads. In order to improve the quality of MI visible channel, the moon image has been taken into account as backup reference in addition to Albedo monitoring. However, obtaining the moon image by adding special mission schedule is not recommended after IOT, because we may miss chances to obtain meteorological images during the time slots for special imaging. As an alternative solution, an approach extracting moon image from MI FD(Full Disk) image has been proposed when the moon is positioned near to the earth. However, prediction of acquisition time of moon image is somewhat difficult as the moon moves while the MI is scanning type sensor. And the moon can not be seen when it is behind the earth or outside of FD field of view. This paper discusses how effectively the moon can be detected by the MI FD imaging. For that purpose, this paper describes an approach taken to predict the time when the moon image is achievable and then introduces the results obtained from computer simulation.
Keywords
Geostationary Satellite; Observation Satellite; Moon Image; Meteorological Imager;
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