Improvements in the on-orbit response versus scan-angle characterization for the MODIS ocean color bands

Xu Geng; Amit Angal; Yonghong Li; Kevin Twedt; Xiaoxiong Xiong

doi:10.1117/12.2532081

10 October 2019 Improvements in the on-orbit response versus scan-angle characterization for the MODIS ocean color bands

Xu Geng, Amit Angal, Yonghong Li, Kevin Twedt, Xiaoxiong Xiong

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Proceedings Volume 11151, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII; 1115124 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532081
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2019, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

On-orbit characterization of the response versus scan-angle (RVS) is one of the most challenging aspects of the reflective solar band (RSB) calibration for the MODIS instruments onboard the Terra and Aqua spacecraft. The degradation of the solar diffuser, together with the lack of onboard calibrators (OBCs) to cover additional scan angles, other than the one for the lunar observations, has resulted in the use of Earth view responses from the pseudo-invariant desert sites to track the on-orbit RVS changes. This approach has been implemented in Collection 6 (C6) and C6.1 for bands 1-4, 8 and 9 of both instruments and also band 10 of Terra MODIS. As the missions continue to operate over a decade beyond their designed life and the instrument optics continue to degrade, it is expected that the OBC based RVS currently applied to other bands, specifically the high-gain ocean bands, will be inadequate to maintain the long-term calibration stability. An interband calibration approach is formulated and implemented in this paper. The proposed approach relies on the use of a spectrally matching stable reference band to evaluate the long-term calibration stability of the high-gain ocean bands that typically saturate while viewing the selected calibration deserts. Results from this approach indicate a noticeable drift for Terra MODIS bands 11 and 12 whereas the Aqua bands continue to show excellent temporal stability. These results are consistent with the corrections derived by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and are expected to have minimum impacts on the downstream science products.

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Xu Geng, Amit Angal, Yonghong Li, Kevin Twedt, and Xiaoxiong Xiong "Improvements in the on-orbit response versus scan-angle characterization for the MODIS ocean color bands", Proc. SPIE 11151, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII, 1115124 (10 October 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2532081

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