Assessment of stability of the response versus scan angle for the S-NPP VIIRS reflective solar bands using pseudo-invariant desert and Dome C sites

Aisheng Wu; Xiaoxiong J. Xiong; Changyong Cao

doi:10.1117/12.2278380

29 September 2017 Assessment of stability of the response versus scan angle for the S-NPP VIIRS reflective solar bands using pseudo-invariant desert and Dome C sites

Aisheng Wu, Xiaoxiong J. Xiong, Changyong Cao

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Proceedings Volume 10423, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXI; 1042322 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278380
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite has been in operation for over five years. VIIRS has 22 bands with a spectral range from 0.4 μm to 2.2 μm for the reflective solar bands (RSB). The Earth view swath covers a distance of ~3000 km over scan angles of ± 56.0° off nadir. The on-board calibration of the RSB relies on a solar diffuser (SD) located at a fixed scan angle and a solar diffuser stability monitor (SDSM). The response versus scan angle (RVS) was characterized prelaunch in ambient conditions and is currently used to determine the on-orbit response for all scan angles relative to the SD scan angle. Since the RVS is vitally important to the quality of calibrated level 1B products, it is important to monitor its on-orbit stability, particularly at the short wavelengths (blue) where the most degradation occurs. In this study, the RVS stability is examined based on reflectance trends collected at various scan angles over the selected pseudo-invariant desert sites in Northern Africa and the Dome C snow site in Antarctica. These trends are corrected by the site dependent BRDF (bi-directional reflectance function) model to reduce seasonally related fluctuations. The BRDF corrected trends are examined so any systematic drifts in the scan angle direction would indicate a potential change in RVS. The results of this study provide useful information on VIIRS RVS on-orbit stability performance.

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Aisheng Wu, Xiaoxiong J. Xiong, and Changyong Cao "Assessment of stability of the response versus scan angle for the S-NPP VIIRS reflective solar bands using pseudo-invariant desert and Dome C sites", Proc. SPIE 10423, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXI, 1042322 (29 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278380

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