Abstract
The measurements of the Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) is a primary means to investigate solar activity and key measurement for understanding global climate change. The aperture diffraction is an error factor for the Solar Irradiance Absolute Radiometer (SIAR) on the Fengyun-3F (FY-3F) satellite. The diffraction effect correction factors can currently only be obtained by simulation, and they are obtained based on a series of approximate conditions that do not allow the accuracy of the diffraction correction results to be assessed. In this paper, we establish the diffraction effect measurement equipment based on the dark imaging technology and the theory of diffraction by Fraunhofer. The total light image and the aperture diffraction images of different angles were obtained by the CCD camera. The images were corrected by linearity, background, and continuity. Then, the diffraction effect curve of diffraction angle can be obtained. Finally, the diffraction correction factor of SIAR/FY-3F can be obtained by the accumulation of multiple apertures and combining the weighted integration of the solar spectrum. The results illustrated that the value of the diffraction correction factor of the SIAR aperture system on the FY-3F satellite is \(2.85\times 10^{-3}\), and the uncertainty of diffraction effect experimental measurement is 4.62%, which reduces the measurement error of the diffraction effect on the total solar irradiance to \(1.32\times 10^{-4}\). This result provides a technical basis for high-precision TSI measurement.
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This work was sponsored by the Science and Technology Development Plan Project of Jilin Province, China, grant number No. 20220101165JC; National Key R&D Program of China under grant 2022YFB3903200, 2022YFB3903203; Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number No. 42001316.
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Conceptualization, Hang Dong, Wei Fang, Dongjun Yang and **n Ye; methodology, **aolong Yi and ** Qi; validation, Hang Dong, Ruidong Jia, **n Ye and **aolong Yi; formal analysis, Hang Dong and Yuchen Lin; investigation, Hang Dong; resources, Hang Dong and Yuchen Lin; data curation, Hang Dong and Yuchen Lin; writing—original draft preparation, Hang Dong; writing—review and editing, Hang Dong and Peng Zhang; supervision, **aolong Yi and Jun Zhou. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Dong, H., Yi, X., Zhang, P. et al. A Diffraction Effect Investigation for the Solar Irradiance Absolute Radiometer on the Fengyun-3F Satellite. Sol Phys 299, 67 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-024-02309-8
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