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Brian G. Alberding (Fed)

Dr. Alberding is a research chemist for the Remote Sensing Group in the Sensor Science Division of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at NIST. His current research interests involve development of advanced methodologies for calibration and characterization of on-orbit and ground-based remote sensing systems, using laser-based sources. He is a member of the SIRCUS (Spectral Irradiance and Radiance Calibrations using Uniform Sources) laboratory and participates in the radiometric calibration of various instruments used in remote sensing. He is also involved with the project for Infrared Optical Properties of Materials and Components, performing calibrations of reflectance and transmittance of various materials using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy.

Projects

Facilities

Awards

  1. National Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Associateship Program, 2014-2016.
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology Bronze Medal, 2018

Publications

Calibration for Astrophysics using an Artificial star with NIST-traceable Distribution of Luminous Energy (CANDLE) Instrument Development

Author(s)
Joseph P. Rice, Brian Alberding, Susana Deustua, Thinh Bui, Eric Shirley, Keshet Shavit, Eliad Peretz, Daniel Kuesters, Greg Aldering, Dmitry Vorobiev, Jonathan Papa, Justin Albert, Ralph Bohlin, Benjamin Rose, Piotr Pachowicz, Peter Plavchan, Angella Tanner, John Mather, Jean Thomas Landry, Etienne Gauvin, Thomas Michaud=Bayens, Greg Kopp
The CANDLE Engineering Demonstration Unit (EDU) was selected by the 2022 APRA program to develop and demonstrate that we can reach the flux accuracy and range

QUASAR-QUAsi-Stationary Absolute Radiance Mission

Author(s)
Eliad Peretz, Peter Plavchan, Piotr Pachowicz, Jamie Tayar, Gerard van Belle, Greg Aldering, Angelle Tanner, Justin Albert, Daniel Huber, Leonard Hanssen, Brian Alberding, Joseph P. Rice, Steven West, John Mather, Allison Youngblood, Tabetha Boyajian, Brian Stalder, Jonathan Gagne, Susana Deustua, Kayla Carmical, Andrew Lewis
This paper describes the scientific and developmental aspects behind the QUAsi-Stationary Absolute Radiance (QUASAR) mission study. The scientific motivation on
Created August 24, 2019, Updated February 21, 2025