Preliminary evaluation of the mirror-based empirical line method using FLARE system

Cibele Teixeira Pinto; Pedro Valle de Carvalho e Oliveira; David Aaron; Jeff Holt; Brandon Russell; Chris Durell; Larry Leigh

doi:10.1117/12.2633107

30 September 2022 Preliminary evaluation of the mirror-based empirical line method using FLARE system

Cibele Teixeira Pinto, Pedro Valle de Carvalho e Oliveira, David Aaron, Jeff Holt, Brandon Russell, Chris Durell, Larry Leigh

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Proceedings Volume 12232, Earth Observing Systems XXVII; 1223214 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633107
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Empirical Line Method (ELM) is a widely applied technique of achieving absolute atmospheric correction assuming a linear relationship between the raw Digital Numbers (DNs) or at-sensor radiance and surface reflectance measurements collected in-situ. The ELM measures reference targets of known reflectance in an image. Labsphere has created an automated vicarious calibration system using the SPecular Array Radiometric Calibration (SPARC) mirror technology in the new Field Line-of-sight Automated Radiance Exposure (FLARE) network. In the FLARE system the known reflectance targets are convex mirrors - because of that it is titled Mirror based Empirical Line Method (MELM). In this context, the objective of this work is to present the initial results of the MELM using one the FLARE network system. The FLARE system evaluated in this work is the Alpha Node located at Arlington, SD. Initially, the data collected in 2020 and 2021 with the Alpha FLARE concomitant with the OLI sensor overpass on-board the Landsat-8 satellite were used in the assessment. In summary, the surface reflectance image product available to download for OLI sensor were compared directly with the surface reflectance image resulting from the MELM method. The preliminary results showed the mean absolute error data between the surface reflectance from the OLI Level-2 product image and the surface reflectance from the MELM was lower than 0.01 for the Blue, Green, Red and SWIR-1 bands; lower than 0.03 for the for the NIR and SWIR-2 spectral bands; and around 0.05 for Coastal Aerosol band (all in reflectance units). These results suggest the MELM technique using FLARE has great potential for reflectance surface evaluation of orbital sensors.

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Cibele Teixeira Pinto, Pedro Valle de Carvalho e Oliveira, David Aaron, Jeff Holt, Brandon Russell, Chris Durell, and Larry Leigh "Preliminary evaluation of the mirror-based empirical line method using FLARE system", Proc. SPIE 12232, Earth Observing Systems XXVII, 1223214 (30 September 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633107

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