Statistical analysis of the electronic crosstalk correction in Terra MODIS Band 27

Sriharsha Madhavan; Junqiang Sun; Xiaoxiong Xiong; Brian N. Wenny; Aisheng Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2060718

3 October 2014 Statistical analysis of the electronic crosstalk correction in Terra MODIS Band 27

Sriharsha Madhavan, Junqiang Sun, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Brian N. Wenny, Aisheng Wu

Proceedings Volume 9218, Earth Observing Systems XIX; 921824 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060718
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The first MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), also known as the Proto-Flight model (PFM), is on-board the Terra spacecraft and has completed 14 years of on orbit flight as of December 18, 2013. MODIS remotely senses the Earth in 36 spectral bands, with a wavelength range from 0.4 μm to 14.4 μm. The 36 bands can be subdivided into two groups based on their spectral responsivity as Reflective Solar Bands (RSBs) and Thermal Emissive Bands (TEBs). Band 27 centered at 6.77 μm is a TEB used to study the global water vapor distribution. It was found recently that this band has been severely affected by electronic crosstalk. The electronic crosstalk magnitude, its on-orbit change and calibration impact have been well characterized in our previous studies through the use of regularly scheduled lunar observations. Further, the crosstalk correction was implemented in Earth view (EV) images and quantified the improvements of the same. However, improvements remained desirable on several fronts. Firstly, the effectiveness of the correction needed to be analyzed spatially and radiometrically over a number of scenes. Also, the temporal aspect of the correction had to be investigated in a rigorous manner. In order to address these issues, a one-orbit analysis was performed on the Level 1A (L1A) scene granules over a ten year period from 2003 through 2012. Results have been quantified statistically and show a significant reduction of image striping, as well as removal of leaked signal features from the neighboring bands. Statistical analysis was performed by analyzing histograms of the one-orbit granules at a scene and detector level before and after correction. The comprehensive analysis and results reported in this paper will be very helpful to the scientific community in understanding the impacts of crosstalk correction on various scenes and could potentially be applied for future improvements of band 27 calibration and, therefore, its retrieval for the Level 2 (L2) geophysical parameters.

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Sriharsha Madhavan, Junqiang Sun, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Brian N. Wenny, and Aisheng Wu "Statistical analysis of the electronic crosstalk correction in Terra MODIS Band 27", Proc. SPIE 9218, Earth Observing Systems XIX, 921824 (3 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060718

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