JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) completed its sensor level testing on December 2014. The JPSS-1 (J1) mission is scheduled to launch in December 2016, and will be very similar to the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership...
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doaj-6b8ca111dc34463c8a03344e3595c7132020-11-24T22:24:04ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922016-01-01814110.3390/rs8010041rs8010041JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch TestingHassan Oudrari0Jeff McIntire1Xiaoxiong Xiong2James Butler3Qiang Ji4Thomas Schwarting5Shihyan Lee6Boryana Efremova7Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USANASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USANASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAScience Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USAThe Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) completed its sensor level testing on December 2014. The JPSS-1 (J1) mission is scheduled to launch in December 2016, and will be very similar to the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) mission. VIIRS instrument has 22 spectral bands covering the spectrum between 0.4 and 12.6 μm. It is a cross-track scanning radiometer capable of providing global measurements twice daily, through observations at two spatial resolutions, 375 m and 750 m at nadir for the imaging and moderate bands, respectively. This paper will briefly describe J1 VIIRS characterization and calibration performance and methodologies executed during the pre-launch testing phases by the government independent team to generate the at-launch baseline radiometric performance and the metrics needed to populate the sensor data record (SDR) Look-Up-Tables (LUTs). This paper will also provide an assessment of the sensor pre-launch radiometric performance, such as the sensor signal to noise ratios (SNRs), radiance dynamic range, reflective and emissive bands calibration performance, polarization sensitivity, spectral performance, response-vs-scan (RVS), and scattered light response. A set of performance metrics generated during the pre-launch testing program will be compared to both the VIIRS sensor specification and the SNPP VIIRS pre-launch performance.http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/1/41JPSSSNPPVIIRSpre-launchradiometricperformancecalibrationspectral |
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Hassan Oudrari Jeff McIntire Xiaoxiong Xiong James Butler Qiang Ji Thomas Schwarting Shihyan Lee Boryana Efremova JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing Remote Sensing JPSS SNPP VIIRS pre-launch radiometric performance calibration spectral |
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Hassan Oudrari Jeff McIntire Xiaoxiong Xiong James Butler Qiang Ji Thomas Schwarting Shihyan Lee Boryana Efremova |
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JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing |
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JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing |
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JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing |
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JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing |
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JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing |
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jpss-1 viirs radiometric characterization and calibration based on pre-launch testing |
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The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) completed its sensor level testing on December 2014. The JPSS-1 (J1) mission is scheduled to launch in December 2016, and will be very similar to the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) mission. VIIRS instrument has 22 spectral bands covering the spectrum between 0.4 and 12.6 μm. It is a cross-track scanning radiometer capable of providing global measurements twice daily, through observations at two spatial resolutions, 375 m and 750 m at nadir for the imaging and moderate bands, respectively. This paper will briefly describe J1 VIIRS characterization and calibration performance and methodologies executed during the pre-launch testing phases by the government independent team to generate the at-launch baseline radiometric performance and the metrics needed to populate the sensor data record (SDR) Look-Up-Tables (LUTs). This paper will also provide an assessment of the sensor pre-launch radiometric performance, such as the sensor signal to noise ratios (SNRs), radiance dynamic range, reflective and emissive bands calibration performance, polarization sensitivity, spectral performance, response-vs-scan (RVS), and scattered light response. A set of performance metrics generated during the pre-launch testing program will be compared to both the VIIRS sensor specification and the SNPP VIIRS pre-launch performance. |
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JPSS SNPP VIIRS pre-launch radiometric performance calibration spectral |
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