Assessment of the NPP VIIRS RVS for the thermal emissive bands using the first pitch maneuver observations

A. Wu; X. Xiong; K. Chiang; C. Sun

doi:10.1117/12.931013

15 October 2012 Assessment of the NPP VIIRS RVS for the thermal emissive bands using the first pitch maneuver observations

A. Wu, X. Xiong, K. Chiang, C. Sun

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Proceedings Volume 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII; 85101Q (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931013
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a key sensor carried on Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite (http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/viirs.html) (launched in October 2011). VIIRS sensor design draws on heritage instruments including AVHRR, OLS, SeaWiFS and MODIS. It has on-board calibration components including a solar diffuser (SD) and a solar diffuser stability monitor (SDSM) for the reflective solar bands (RSB), a V-groove blackbody for the thermal emissive bands (TEB), and a space view (SV) port for background subtraction. These on-board calibrators are located at fixed scan angles. The VIIRS response versus scan angle (RVS) was characterized prelaunch in lab ambient conditions and is currently used to characterize the on-orbit response for all scan angles relative to the calibrator scan angle (SD for RSB and blackbody for TEB). Since the RVS is vitally important to the quality of calibrated radiance products, several independent studies were performed to analyze the prelaunch RVS measurement data. A spacecraft level pitch maneuver was scheduled during the first three months of intensive Cal/Val. The NPP pitch maneuver provided a rare opportunity for VIIRS to make observations of deep space over the entire range of scan angles, which can be used to characterize the TEB RVS. This study will provide our analysis of the pitch maneuver data and assessment of the derived TEB RVS. A comparison between the RVS determined by the pitch maneuver observations and prelaunch lab tests will be conducted for each band, detector, and half angle mirror (HAM) side.

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A. Wu, X. Xiong, K. Chiang, and C. Sun "Assessment of the NPP VIIRS RVS for the thermal emissive bands using the first pitch maneuver observations", Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII, 85101Q (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931013

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