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Table 1:

Main instrument parameters and stages at which they have been measured.

Category

Parameters

Additional

Individual

Integrated

Satellite

In flight
   
Reference

radiometers

instrument
   

Bias tuning

Front-end amplifiers

Cuttaia et al. (2009)



Y

Y

Y

Y
 
Phase switches

Cuttaia et al. (2009)

Y

Y

Y

Y
Calibration

Basic calibration

Photometric calibration

Villa et al. (2010)

Y

Y

Y

Y
 
Linearity

Mennella et al. (2009)

Y

Y

N

N
 
Isolation

Villa et al. (2010)

Y

Y

N

N
 
In-band response

Zonca et al. (2009)

Y

N

N

N

Noise performance

White noise

Meinhold et al. (2009)

Y

Y

Y

Y
 
Knee frequency

Meinhold et al. (2009)

Y

Y

Y

Y
 
1/f slope

Meinhold et al. (2009)

Y

Y

Y

Y

Susceptibility

Front-end temperature fluctuations

Terenzi et al. (2009b)

Y

Y

Y

Y
 
Back-end temperature fluctuations
 
Y

Y

N

N
 
Front-end bias fluctuations
 
Y

Y

N

N

Notes. In bodface, we highlight calibration parameters defining the instrument scientific performance that are discussed in this paper.


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