GOES-8 through GOES-13 Spectral Response Functions
(Revised, July 2008)
The latest versions of
GOES-8 through GOES-13 Imager
spectral response functions (SRFs) are now available
for download.
All of them were provided
by ITT, the instruments' manufacturer.
GOES Imager Spectral Response Function Download Table
During the GOES-13 post-launch tests
in 2006, a cold bias, -2.4±0.6 K, in Imager channel 6 (13.3 micrometer) was
reported by University of Wisconsin. The cold bias was identified via comparisons
with high-spectral Atmospheric
InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) data, comparisons with broad-band High-resolution
Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) data on NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 and a limited
number of forward model comparisons. The bias is consistent with a spectral
response shift on the order of 4 cm-1 to the original spectral response function
used in the ground system processing.
To respond to the GOES-13 Imager channel-6 cold bias, ITT re-evaluated the spectral response functions and came out
with the updates which have a 1-wavenumber shift. The updated channel-6 spectral response functions are included in
the above GOES-13 download link. The channel-6 related updates are also included in the Calibration and Alignment
Handbook information for GOES-13 and implemented in the GOES-13 operations. In addition, the GOES
Calibration web
site updated all the coefficients involving GOES-13 Imager channel 6 for Conversion
of GVAR Infrared Data to Scene Radiance or Temperature.
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