Panoramic camera on the Yutu lunar rover of the Chang'e-3 mission

The Chang＇e-3 panoramic camera, which is composed of two cameras with identical functions, performances and interfaces, is installed on the lunar rover mast. It can acquire 3D images of the lunar surface based on the principle of binocular stereo vision. By rotating and pitching the mast, it can take several photographs of the patrol area. After stitching these images, panoramic images of the scenes will be obtained.Thus the topography and geomorphology of the patrol area and the impact crater, as well as the geological structure of the lunar surface, will be analyzed and studied.In addition, it can take color photographs of the lander using the Bayer color coding principle. It can observe the working status of the lander by switching between static image mode and dynamic video mode with automatic exposure time. The focal length of the lens on the panoramic camera is 50 mm and the field of view is 19.7？umination and viewing conditions, the largest signal-to-no×14.5？.Under the best illise ratio of the panoramic camera is 44 d B. Its static modulation transfer function is 0.33. A large number of ground testing experiments and on-orbit imaging results show that the functional interface of the panoramic camera works normally. The image quality of the panoramic camera is satisfactory. All the performance parameters of the panoramic camera satisfy the design requirements.

Calibration and Data Quality Analysis with Mobile C-Band Polarimetric Radar

A C-band mobile polarimetric radar with simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmission was built in the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. It was used in heavy rainfall and typhoon observations in 2008. It is well-known that radar calibration is essential and critical to high quality radar data and products. In this paper, the test and weather signals were used in calibration of reflectivity ZH, differential reflectivity ZDR and differential phase ФDP. Noise effects on correlation coefficient ρHV at low signal-noise-ratio （SNR） were analyzed. The polarimetric radar data for a heavy rain and a snow event were inspected to evaluate the performance of the calibration method and radar data quality, and S-band Doppler radar data were used to validate the refiectivity data quality collected by the polarimetric radar. The results show that the polarimetric and S-band Doppler radars have observed comparable reflectivity values and a similar structure of a heavy rainfall case at middle and low levels. The mismatch of two receivers produce obvious ZDR biases, which were verified by the radar data observed at vertical incidence. The ZDR correction improved the radar data quality. The usage range for PHV was defined. Application of the calibration method introduced in this paper can reduce the system biases caused by the difference of horizontal （H） and vertical （V） channels. After the calibration and correction, the polarimetric parameters observed by the polarimetric radar could be used in further relevant researches.

Autonomous vicarious calibration based on automated test-site radiometer

We employ the in-site automated observation radiometric calibration（AORC） approach to perform vicarious calibration, which does not require the manual efforts of a field team to measure the surface conditions. By using an automated test-site radiometer（ATR）, the surface radiance at any moment in time can be obtained. This Letter describes the AORC approach and makes use of data to compute top-of-atmosphere radiance and compare it to measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. The result shows that the relative deviation is less than 5% and the uncertainty is less than 6.2%, which indicates that the in-site AORC maintains an accuracy level on par with traditional calibration.

An improved method of energy calibration for position-sensitive silicon detectors

Energy calibration of resistive charge division-based position-sensitive silicon detectors is achieved by parabolic fitting in the traditional method, where the systematic variations of vertex and curvature of the parabola with energy must be considered. In this paper we extend the traditional method in order to correct the fitting function, simplify the procedure of calibration and improve the experimental data quality. Instead of a parabolic function as used in the traditional method, a new function describing the relation of position and energy is introduced.The energy resolution of the 8.088 Me V α decay of213 Rn is determined to be about 87 ke V（FWHM）, which is better than the result of the traditional method, 104 ke V（FWHM）. The improved method can be applied to the energy calibration of resistive charge division-based position-sensitive silicon detectors with various performances.

Application of real-time digitization techniques in beam measurement for accelerators

Beam measurement is very important for accelerators. In this paper, modern digital beam measurement techniques based on I Q（In-phase ＆ Quadrature-phase） analysis are discussed. Based on this method and highspeed high-resolution analog-to-digital conversion, we have completed three beam measurement electronics systems designed for the China Spallation Neutron Source（CSNS）, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility（SSRF）, and Accelerator Driven Sub-critical system（ADS）. Core techniques of hardware design and real-time system calibration are discussed, and performance test results of these three instruments are also presented.