In this project we have investigated the use of global optimization techniques for device design problems in photonics and electronics. Using several concrete device design problems as guides, we have defined a sub-class of global optimization problems with high-dimensional design space as the main focus of our effort. We have evaluated optimization approaches including Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing for this class of problems. This evaluation confirmed our previous experience ...
Approaches for establishing the absolute calibration of a newly deployed, satellite-borne radiometer have varied from aircraft under flights with previously calibrated sensors to vicarious calibration over known, benign backgrounds, utilizing radiative transfer models to generate top-of-atmosphere radiances. In this paper, we demonstrate the efficacy of this approach by presenting results of the cross comparison of two sensors that are known to be well calibrated, Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and Moderate ...
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