Suomi NPP VIIRS prelaunch and on-orbit geometric calibration and characterization

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11,508-11,521

  Wolfe, Robert E ^a   Lin, Guoqing ^b   Nishihama, Masahiro ^c   Tewari, Krishna P ^b   Tilton, James C ^a   Isaacman, Alice R ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Innovim   (United States)

^c SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Band to band co registration; Control Point Matching; geolocation; pointing; Spatial Response; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; ERRORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; ORBITS; SENSORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIRE POINTING;

CONTROL POINT; COREGISTRATION; GEOLOCATIONS; SPATIAL RESPONSE; VIIRS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GEOMETRY; INFRARED IMAGERY; NADIR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VIIRS;

EID: 84888140157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50873     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Buskila, K., S. Towito, E. Shmuel, R. Levi, N. Kopeika, K. Krapels, R. G. Driggers, R. H. Vollmerhausen, and, C. E. Halford, (2004), Atmospheric modulation transfer function in the infrared, Appl. Opt., 43 (2), 471-482.
2. Cao, C., F. DeLuccia, X. Xiong, R. Wolfe, and, F. Weng, (2013), Early on-orbit performance of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2247768.
3. Fang, D. T., and, J. Puschell, (2010), Imagery spatial performance throughput correction methodology, Remote Sens. Syst. Eng. III Proc. of SPIE, 7813, 15, doi: 10.1117/12.860740.
4. Lee, T. F., S. D. Miller, F. J. Turk, C. Schueler, R. Julian, C. Elvidge, S. Deyo, P. N. Dills, and, S. Wang, (2004), The day/night visible sensor aboard NPOESS VIIRS, 13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, 19-23 September 2004.
5. Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, and, M. Nishihama, (2011), NPP VIIRS geometric performance status, in Earth Observing Systems XVI, Proc. of SPIE, vol. 8153, edited by, J. J. Butler, X. Xiaoxiong, and, X. Gu, pp. 81531V-81531V-14, San Diego, CA, doi: 10.1117/12.894652.
6. Miller, S. D., S. P. Mills, C. D. Elvidge, D. T. Lindsey, T. F. Lee, and, J. D. Hawkins, (2012), Suomi satellite brings to light a unique frontier of nighttime environmental sensing capabilities, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 109 (39), doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207034109/-/DCSupplemental.
7. NASA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) (2011), VIIRS Radiometric Calibration Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD), document No. 474-00027, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
8. NASA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Ground Project (2011), Joint Polar Satellite System (JPPS) VIIRS Geolocation Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD), document No. 474-00053, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
9. Nishihama, M., R. E. Wolfe, D. Solomon, F. S. Patt, J. Blanchette, A. J. Fleig, and, E. Masuoka, (1997), MODIS Level 1A Earth Location Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Version 3.0, SDST-092, Lab. Terrestrial Phys., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
10. Storey, J., P. Scaramuzza, G. Schmidt, and, J. Barsi, (2005), "Landsat 7 scan line corrector-off gap-filled product development," in Proceedings of Pecora 16, Global Priorities in Land Remote Sensing, October 23-27, 2005, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
11. Wolfe, R. E., and, M. Nishihama, (2009), Trends in MODIS geolocation error analysis, in Earth Observing Systems XIV, Proc. of SPIE, vol. 7452, edited by, J. J. Butler, X. Xiaoxiong, and, G. Xingfa, pp. 74520L, San Diego, CA, doi: 10.1117/12.826598.
12. Wolfe, R. E., M. Nishihama, A. J. Fleig, J. A. Kuyper, D. P. Roy, J. C. Storey, and, F. S. Patt, (2002), Achieving sub-pixel geolocation accuracy in support of MODIS land science, Remote Sens. Environ., 83 (1-2), 31-49.
13. Wolfe, R. E., M. Nishihama, and, J. R. Kuyper, (2006), Improving satellite moderate resolution instrument geolocation accuracy in rough terrain, IGARSS: IEEE International Geosci. and Remote Sens. Symposium, 1123-1125.
14. Wolfe, R. E., M. Nishihama, G. Lin, K. P. Tewari, and, E. Montano, (2012), MODIS and VIIRS geometric performance comparison, IEEE International Geosci. and Remote Sens. Symposium, Munich, Germany, July, 2012.
15. Xiong, X., N. Che, and, W. Barnes, (2005), Terra MODIS on-orbit spatial characterization and performance, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43, 355-365.
16. Xiong, X., N. Che, W. Barnes, Y. Xie, L. Want, and, J. Wu, (2006), Status of Aqua MODIS spatial characterization and performance, Proc. of SPIE, 6361, U211-U219, doi: 10.1117/12.687162.
17. Xiong, X., et al. (2013), VIIRS on-orbit calibration methodology and performance, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., doi: 10.1002/2013JD020423, in press.