S-NPP VIIRS solar diffuser degradation at the view direction of rotating telescope assembly

Junqiang Sun; Xiaoxiong Xiong

doi:10.1117/12.2587221

12 April 2021 S-NPP VIIRS solar diffuser degradation at the view direction of rotating telescope assembly

Junqiang Sun, Xiaoxiong Xiong

Proceedings Volume 11727, Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging XXVII; 117270J (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587221
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

S-NPP VIIRS has been on-orbit for more than nine years since it was launched on October 28th, 2011. The VIIRS reflective solar bands (RSBs) are calibrated on-orbit primarily by an onboard solar diffuser (SD). The SD on-orbit degradation is tracked by an onboard SD stability monitor (SDSM). The VIIRS RSBs view the SD through a rotating telescope assembly (RTA). The RTA views the SD from a direction that is quite different from that of the SDSM. It has been shown that the SD degrades non-uniformly with respect to the incident and outgoing directions, especially at the short wavelengths. Thus, the SDSM calibration cannot provide an accurate SD degradation estimation for the view direction of the RTA, resulting in long-term drifts in the calibration coefficients derived from the SD and SDSM calibration. S-NPP VIIRS has been scheduled to view the Moon approximately monthly since its launch. The lunar observations can provide accurate long-term trends for the RSB calibration coefficients since the lunar surface reflectance is quite stable. By comparing the SD and lunar calibration results, we can obtain the SD degradation differences at the view directions of the SDSM and RTA and derive the SD degradation at the view direction of the RTA. Moreover, we can also derive the SD degradation in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectral range, wherein the SDSM cannot track the SD degradation. In this paper, we will derive the SD degradation for the view direction of the RTA from the SD, SDSM, and lunar calibrations from the visible to SWIR spectral range. We will also simulate the SD degradation with analytical models and compare their performances.

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Junqiang Sun and Xiaoxiong Xiong "S-NPP VIIRS solar diffuser degradation at the view direction of rotating telescope assembly", Proc. SPIE 11727, Algorithms, Technologies, and Applications for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imaging XXVII, 117270J (12 April 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587221

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