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GOES-12 SXI Instrument Performance

This page and its links contain information on all major aspects of the instrument optical performance, as determined by extensive pre-flight ground tests and corroborative on-orbit testing. Included in these pages are:

  • digital instrument data, in the form of SSW-compatible ".genx" files for the various optical components. (Also available via SSW, in the SXI branch.)
  • plots and tables of instrument component performance
  • plots of total system throughput, for the various analysis filters
  • plots and tables of system throughput convolved with the Mewe solar spectrum, for a range of solar atmospheric temperatures.
  • plots of GOES-12 instrument characteristics, relative to other soft X-ray imagers (Skylab, YOHKOH/SXT, LMSAL/SXI follow-ons)

    • 1) Instrument ".genx" Files

    Links to .genx file data

    Individual Files (click right mouse button, "SAVE LINK AS" [source])

    sxig12_mirror.genx
    sxig12_detector.genx
    sxig12_prefilter.genx
    sxig12_p_thn.genx
    sxig12_p_med.genx
    sxig12_p_thk.genx
    sxig12_b_thn_a.genx
    sxig12_b_thn_b.genx
    sxig12_b_med.genx
    sxig12_b_thk.genx
    sxig12_vignette.genx

    Entire Archive

    sxig12_genx_all.zip (PC Winzip archive)
    sxig12_genx_all.tar (Unix tar archive)

    2) Plots of Instrument Optical Component Performance

    3) Plots of GOES-12 SXI System Throughput

    3) Comparison of System Response with Other Soft X-ray Imagers

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    Last update June 23, 2006