Pre-Launch Thermal Emissive Band Radiometric Performance for JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS
The Joint Polar Satellite System 3 (JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) are the fourth and fifth in its series of instruments designed to provide high-quality data products for environmental and climate data records. The VIIRS instrument must be calibrated and characterized prior to launch to meet the data product needs. A comprehensive test program was conducted at the Raytheon Technologies facility in 2020 (JPSS-3) and 2023 (JPSS-4) that included extensive functional and environmental testing. The thermal band radiometric pre-launch performance and stability are the focus of this article, which also compares several instrument performance metrics to the design requirements. Brief comparisons with the JPSS-1 and -2 VIIRS instrument performance will also be discussed.
Authors
- David Moyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6076-5871)
- Amit Angal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3333-8158)
- Jeff McIntire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-5021)
- Xiaoxiong Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-511X)
Institutions
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- The Aerospace Corporation (US)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
- Science Systems and Applications (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Remote Sensing
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16244630
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Calibration and Measurement Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.30
Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration