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The double monochromator system was characterized for the estimation of errors associated with different operating configurations. The proposed methods were applied to three Piccolo Doppio-type systems built around two QE Pros and one USB2 + H16355 Ocean Optics spectrometers. The wavelength calibration errors for all the calibrations performed on the three spectrometers are reported and potential methodological improvements discussed. The suggested calibration methods were validated, as the wavelength corrections obtained by both techniques for the QE Pro designed for fluorescence investigations were similar. However, it is recommended that a neon emission line source, as well as an argon or mercury-argon source be used to have a reference wavelength closer to the O2-B feature. The wavelength calibration can then be optimised as close to the O2-B and O2-A features as possible. The monochromator approach could also be used, but that instrument would need to be fully characterized prior to use, and although it may offer a more accurate calibration, as it could be tuned to emit light at the same wavelengths as the absorption features, it would be more time consuming as it is a scanning approach.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10020289","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,13]],"date-time":"2018-02-13T05:32:19Z","timestamp":1518499939000},"page":"289","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Optimized Spectrometers Characterization Procedure for Near Ground Support of ESA FLEX Observations: Part 1 Spectral Calibration and Characterisation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3869-1890","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laura","family":"Mihai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CETAL, Photonic Investigations Laboratory, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, M\u0103gurele 77125, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alasdair","family":"Mac Arthur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4283-2484","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andreas","family":"Hueni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iain","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space Science and Technology Department, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Sporea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CETAL, Photonic Investigations Laboratory, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, M\u0103gurele 77125, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092759","article-title":"Chlorophyll fluorescence: A probe of photosynthesis in vivo","volume":"59","author":"Baker","year":"2008","journal-title":"Annu. 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