TABLE OF CONTENTS

        CASSINI ISS "DRAFT" CALIBRATION REPORT

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1.0

INTRODUCTION
2.0 ANOMALOUS DATA
2.1 DARK BAND DATA
2.2 ANTI-BLOOMING ON PIXEL PAIRS
2.3 4X4 NON-LINEARITY
2.4 GAIN STATE 3 DARK CURRENT TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
2.5 SHUTTER OFFSET LINE DEVIATION
2.6 BIAS FRAME GAIN STATE 2 & 3 COMPARISON VIA GAIN RATIO
2.7 40 DN STEP IN ROOM TEMP IMAGES
2.8 UNUSUAL NOISE IN NAC DARK FRAMES
2.9 OVERCLOCK PIXEL SHOWS DEPENDENCE TO EXPOSURE TIME
2.10 LINE NUMBER SENSITIVITY PROFILE FOR 2X2 AND 4X4 SUMMATION BIAS FRAMES NON-LINEAR
2.11 WAC FM LINE 2 BLEMISHES
2.12 DARK CURRENT CORRECTING AT APPROPRIATE TEMPERATURES
2.13 NAC APERTURE GHOST IMAGES
2.14 SPECKS OF LOW SENSITIVITY SEEN WITH WAC CL1/VIO FILTER COMBINATION
2.15 MISSING SCIENCE PACKETS
2.16 INTERFERENCE FRINGES OBSERVED IN WAC FLAT FIELD
2.17 DUST PARTICLE OBSERVED TO SHIFT ON NAC
3.0
CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT
3.1 CALIBRATION ENVIRONMENT
3.2 SPHERE
3.3 UV BOX
3.4 COLLIMATORS
3.4.1 WAC COLLIMATOR
3.4.2 WAC FECKER COLLIMATOR
3.4.3 NAC COLLIMATOR
3.5 TARGETS
4.0
COMPONENT CALIBRATIONS
4.1 OPTICS
4.1.1 BACKGROUND
4.1.2 OPTICS THROUGHPUT
4.1.3 FOCAL LENGTH AND DISTORTION
4.1.3.1 NAC FM FOCAL LENGTH AND DISTORTION MEASUREMENTS
4.1.3.2 WAC FM FOCAL LENGTH AND DISTORTION MEASUREMENTS
4.1.4 STRAY LIGHT
4.2 FILTER SPECTRAL TRANSMISSIONS
4.2.1 BACKGROUND
4.2.2 UNPOLARIZED FILTERS
4.2.2.1 TEST METHOD
4.2.2.2 NAC FM INDIVIDUAL FILTER DATA
4.2.2.3 WAC FM INDIVIDUAL FILTER DATA
4.2.3 POLARIZED FILTERS
4.2.3.1 TEST METHOD
4.2.3.2 DATA CORRECTION
4.2.3.3 POLARIZER FILTER FLIGHT DATA
4.2.4 COLLECTIVE FILTER TRANSMISSION PROFILES
4.2.4.1 NAC FM FILTER DATA
4.2.4.2 WAC FM FILTER DATA
4.3 SHUTTER TIMES
4.3.1 NAC FM SHUTTER TIMES
4.3.2 WAC FM SHUTTER TIMES
4.4 CCD
4.4.1 BACKGROUND
4.4.2 SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY
4.4.3 FULL WELL CAPACITY
4.4.4 RESIDUAL BULK IMAGE
5.0
SUBSYSTEM CALIBRATIONS
5.1 RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION
5.1.1 SHUTTER OFFSET
5.1.1.1 NAC FM SHUTTER OFFSET RESULTS
5.1.1.2 WAC FM SHUTTER OFFSET RESULTS
5.1.2 FLAT-FIELD LIGHT TRANSFER
5.1.2.1 NAC FM LIGHT TRANSFER CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.2.2 WAC FM LIGHT TRANSFER CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.3 SENSOR BLEMISHES
5.1.3.1 NAC FM SENSOR BLEMISHES CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.3.2 WAC FM SENSOR BLEMISHES CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.4 SYSTEM GAIN
5.1.4.1 NAC FM SYSTEM GAIN RESULTS
5.1.4.2 WAC FM SYSTEM GAIN RESULTS
5.1.5 DARK CURRENT
5.1.5.1 NAC FM DARK CURRENT RESULTS
5.1.5.2 WAC FM DARK CURRENT RESULTS
5.1.6 NOISE CHARACTERISTICS
5.1.6.1 NAC FM NOISE CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.6.2 WAC FM NOISE CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.7 LIGHT LEAKS
5.1.7.1 NAC FM LIGHT LEAK CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.7.2 WAC FM LIGHT LEAK CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.8 ORIENTATION OF POLARIZING FILTERS
5.1.8.1 NAC FM POLARIZATION RESULTS
5.1.8.2 WAC FM POLARIZATION RESULTS
5.1.9 UNEVEN BIT WEIGHTING
5.1.10 ANTI-BLOOMING PIXEL PAIRS
5.1.10.1 NAC FM ANTI-BLOOMING PIXEL PAIRS RESULTS
5.1.10.2 WAC FM ANTI-BLOOMING PIXEL PAIRS RESULTS
5.1.11 LINEARITY
5.1.11.1 NAC FM LINEARITY CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.11.2 WAC FM LINEARITY CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.11.3 NAC FM NONLINEAR RESPONSE TERMS
5.1.11.4 WAC FM NONLINEAR RESPONSE TERMS
5.1.12 SENSITIVITY
5.1.12.1 NAC FM SENSITIVITY CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.1.12.2 WAC FM SENSITIVITY CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.2 SPATIAL RESOLUTION
5.2.1 MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION
5.2.1.1 NAC FM MTF CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.2.1.2 WAC FM MTF CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.2.2 POINT RESPONSE FUNCTION
5.2.2.1 NAC FM PRF CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.2.2.2 WAC FM PRF CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.2.2.3 NAC FM PRF LOCATION DEPENDENCE CALIBRATION RESULTS
5.3 GEOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS
5.3.1 DISTORTION
5.3.2 OPTICAL/MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT
5.3.2.1 NAC FM OPTO/MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT VERIFICATION
5.3.2.2 WAC FM OPTO/MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT VERIFICATION
5.3.2.3 REMOTE SENSING PALLET ALIGNMENT RESULTS
5.4 OPTICAL NAVIGATION CALIBRATIONS
5.5 DATA COMPRESSION CALIBRATIONS
5.5.1 LOSSY COMPRESSION
5.5.2 LOSSLESS COMPRESSION
6.0
IN-FLIGHT DATA ACQUISITION RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES
6.1 RECOMMENDED IN-FLIGHT CALIBRATIONS
6.1.1 DARK CURRENT DATA FOR UNTESTED MODES
6.2 RECOMMENDED DATA ACQUISITION
6.2.1 OBTAIN DARK FRAME BEFORE EACH DATA SET
6.3 THINGS TO BE AWARE OF
6.3.1 ANOMALOUS DATA / DEPENDENT PARAMETERS
6.3.2 PC VOLTAGE VERSUS FULL-WELL CAPACITY
6.3.3 USE DARK FRAME WITH APPROPRIATE PARAMETERS WHEN CALIBRATING DATA
6.3.4 OVERCLOCK PIXELS INDICATE BIAS VALUES
6.3.5 NONLINEARITY
7.0
RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION STEPS

APPENDIX A

TEST RESULTS SUMMARY
APPENDIX B DEPENDENT PARAMETERS SUMMARY
APPENDIX C RELEASED REPORTS LOG
APPENDIX D APPLICABLE ISS DOCUMENTS LOG
APPENDIX E ARCHIVED DATA
E1

CD ROM ARCHIVE DESCRIPTION
E2

CD ROM LOG - NAC- BY OBSERVATION TYPE
E3

CD ROM LOG - NAC- BY CD ROM NUMBER
E4

CD ROM LOG - WAC - BY OBSERVATION TYPE
E5

CD ROM LOG - WAC - BY CD ROM NUMBER
E6

CALIBRATION DATA ELECTRONIC FILES (DOWNLOAD COMPRESSED DATA SETS)
(E6 Read Me)

APPENDIX F COMPILED DATA TABLES
F1

12-8-12 CONVERSION TABLE
F2

NAC FM FILTER TRANSMISSION TABLES (NON-POLARIZING FILTERS)
F3

WAC FM FILTER TRANSMISSION TABLES (NON-POLARIZING FILTERS)
F4

NAC FM VISIBLE POLARIZING FILTER TRANSMISSION / BLOCKING TABLE
F5

NAC/WAC FM IR POLARIZING FILTER TRANSMISSION / BLOCKING TABLE
F6

RADIOMETRIC CONVERSION TABLE (SPHERE)
F7

RADIOMETRIC CONVERSION TABLE (UV BOX)
F8

CCD QE
F9

NAC FM OPTICS THROUGHPUT
F10

WAC FM OPTICS THROUGHPUT
F11

NAC FM NONLINEAR RESPONSE TERMS
F12

WAC FM NONLINEAR RESPONSE TERMS
F13

NAC FM WEIGHTED RADIOMETRIC CONVERSION FACTORS PER FILTER COMBINATION
F14

WAC FM WEIGHTED RADIOMETRIC CONVERSION FACTORS PER FILTER COMBINATION
F15

NAC FM FILTER COMBINATIONS
F16

WAC FM FILTER COMBINATIONS

APPENDIX G SCIENCE TEAM AND OTHER CALIBRATION REPORTS

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