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VIIRS solar diffuser bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) degradation factor operational trending and update
Author(s): E. Haas; D. Moyer; F. De Luccia; K. Rausch; J. Fulbright
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Paper Abstract

The Visible-Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) was launched onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) spacecraft on October 28, 2011. Among the bands on VIIRS are 14 reflective solar bands (RSBs). The RSBs are calibrated using the sun as a source, after attenuation and reflection of sunlight from a Solar Diffuser (SD). The reflectance of the SD is known to degrade over time, particularly at the blue end of the visible spectrum. VIIRS incorporates a separate instrument, a Solar Diffuser Stability Monitor (SDSM), in order to measure and trend the SD Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function BRDF changes over time. Inadequate knowledge of the SDSM screen transmission as a function of solar geometry and SDSM detector dependent modulation effects require a unique processing methodology to eliminate unphysical artifacts from the SD BRDF trending. The unique methodology is used to generate periodic updates to operational Look-up Tables (LUTs) used by the Sensor Data Record (SDR) operational code to maintain the calibration of the RSBs. This paper will discuss on-orbit SD BRDF behavior along with the processing methodology used to generate RSB LUT updates incorporating the trended SD BRDF behavior.

Paper Details

Date Published: 15 October 2012
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII, 851016 (15 October 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.930164
Show Author Affiliations
E. Haas, The Aerospace Corp. (United States)
D. Moyer, The Aerospace Corp. (United States)
F. De Luccia, The Aerospace Corp. (United States)
K. Rausch, The Aerospace Corp. (United States)
J. Fulbright, Sigma Space Corp. (United States)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8510:
Earth Observing Systems XVII
James J. Butler; Xiaoxiong Xiong; Xingfa Gu, Editor(s)

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