Assessment of VIIRS on-orbit polarization sensitivity and its impact on CLARREO pathfinder inter-calibration

Aisheng Wu; Xiaoxiong Xiong; Constantine Lukashin

doi:10.1117/12.2532571

10 October 2019 Assessment of VIIRS on-orbit polarization sensitivity and its impact on CLARREO pathfinder inter-calibration

Aisheng Wu, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Constantine Lukashin

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Proceedings Volume 11151, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII; 111511U (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532571
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2019, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

The primary objective of the CLARREO Pathfinder (CPF) mission is to demonstrate essential measurement technologies to enable highly accurate decadal change observations traceable on-orbit to SI standards. Another important objective of the CPF is to demonstrate inter-calibration with the VIIRS sensor and to show that such high-accuracy reference inter-calibration is achievable. To satisfy this requirement, it is important to understand and quantify uncertainties in VIIRS sensor measurements. Based on prelaunch test results, the reflective solar bands of both SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS have exhibited polarization sensitivities in the shortest wavelength bands, with an unexpectedly larger sensitivity observed for NOAA-20 VIIRS, particularly in bands M1 to M4. In this study, we use VIIRS Level-1B reflectance data collected over the Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Sites over North African desert region to examine the polarization associated uncertainty for these four bands. Impact due to BRDF on the reflectance data is considered by comparing baseline results obtained from the same viewing and solar zenith angles under relatively low polarization sensitivity. Impact due to detector relative difference in polarization sensitivity is examined by normalizing reflectances by the value of the middle detector. Results of this study provide useful information on VIIRS uncertainty contribution due to polarization when conducting CPF and VIIRS inter-calibration.

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Aisheng Wu, Xiaoxiong Xiong, and Constantine Lukashin "Assessment of VIIRS on-orbit polarization sensitivity and its impact on CLARREO pathfinder inter-calibration", Proc. SPIE 11151, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII, 111511U (10 October 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532571

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