Early assessment of VIIRS on-orbit calibration and support activities

Author

Xiong, Xiaoxiong ; Chiang, Kwofu ; McIntire, Jeffrey ; Oudrari, Hassan ; Wu, Aisheng ; Schwaller, Mathew ; Butler, James

Author_Institution

Sci. & Exploration Directorate, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

7189

Lastpage

7192

Abstract

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite, formally the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), provides a bridge between current and future low-Earth orbiting weather and environmental observation satellite systems. The NASA´s NPP VIIRS Characterization Support Team (VCST) is designed to assess the long term geometric and radiometric performance of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument onboard the S-NPP spacecraft and to support NPP Science Team Principal Investigators (PI) for their independent evaluation of VIIRS Environmental Data Records (EDRs). This paper provides an overview of Suomi NPP VIIRS on-orbit calibration activities and examples of sensor initial on-orbit performance. It focuses on the radiometric calibration support activities and capabilities provided by the NASA VCST.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical equipment; radiometry; NASA NPP VIIRS Characterization Support Team; NASA VCST; NPP Science Team Principal Investigators; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project; S-NPP spacecraft; Suomi NPP VIIRS on-orbit calibration activities; Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite; VIIRS Environmental Data Records; Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument; long term geometric performance; long term radiometric performance; low-Earth orbiting environmental observation satellite systems; low-Earth orbiting weather observation satellite systems; radiometric calibration support activities; sensor initial on-orbit performance; Calibration; Degradation; Detectors; Moon; NASA; Radiometry; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352004

Filename

6352004