Basics and Applications of Spectroradiometry

Howard W. Yoon, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

BRDF Characterization of Solar Diffuser for JPSS using PASCAL

Vijay Murgai, Raytheon
Lindsay Johnson, Raytheon
John Nixt, Raytheon
Eric Moskun, Raytheon

12:00 AM

Calibration of the Spectral Irradiance Monitor in the LASP Spectral Radiometry Facility

David Harber, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Erik Richard, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Joel Rutkowski, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Kasandra O'Malia, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Matt Triplett, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Peter Pilewskie, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado

12:00 AM

Characterization of JPSS Solar Diffuser Stability Monitor Response to Sun Angle of Incidence

Vijay Murgai, Raytheon
Kristie Yu, Raytheon
Yuri Zakharenkov, Raytheon
John Steele, Raytheon
Eugene Kim, Raytheon
Neil Nelson, Raytheon

12:00 AM

Characterization of the VIIRS Blackbody Emittance

Jeremy Kloepfer, Raytheon
Chris Taylor, Raytheon
Vijay Murgai, Raytheon

12:00 AM

Emitted and Reflected Radiance Calibration of two Large Area Cavity Blackbodies Using the NIST TXR

Sandra Collins, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Zongying Wei, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Dana Defibaugh, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Raju Datla, RD & Consultants
Hansford Cutlip, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Geir Kvaran, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

12:00 AM

Enabling Continuity in Earth Radiation Budget Observations by application of a Rigorous Calibration and Validation Protocol to the Observations of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Instruments

Kory Priestley, NASA Langley Research Center
Susan Thomas, Science Systems and Applications Inc
Audra Bullock, NASA Langley Research Center
G. Louis Smith, Science Systems and Applications Inc

12:00 AM

FIRST Measurements of Downwelling Far-IR Radiance at Table Mountain, California

M. Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center
R. Cageao, NASA Langley Research Center
D. Kratz, NASA Langley Research Center
J. Mast, NASA Langley Research Center
D. Johnson, NASA Langley Research Center
H. Latvakoski, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
K. Johnson, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
E. Syrstad, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
J. Swasey, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Mark Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Mike Watson, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

12:00 AM

Infrared Wire Grid Polarizers: Metrology, Modeling, and Laser Damage Threshold

Matthew George, Moxtek Inc.
Bin Wang, Moxtek Inc.
Jonathon Berquist, Moxtek Inc.
Rumyana Petrova, Moxtek Inc.
Eric Gardner, Moxtek Inc.

12:00 AM

Pre-flight Testing of an Ocean Radiometer for Carbon Assessment (ORCA) Prototype with a Realistic Scene from a Hyperspectral Image Projector (HIP)

Joseph Rice, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Steve Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mark Wilson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Eugene Waluschka, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Manuel Quijada, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Bryan Monosmith, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Gerhard Meister, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Charles McClain, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ping-Shine Shaw, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

The ALTAIR Balloon-Borne Source Precision Calibration Project: A Progress Report

Yorke Brown, Dartmouth College and Harvard University

12:00 AM

TIRS Flood Source Calibration

Harri Latvakoski, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Kendall Johnson, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Zelalem Tesfaye, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dennis Reuter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Alan Thurgood, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Thad Gillespie, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

12:00 AM

Assessment of CrIS Full Resolution SDR Radiometric and Spectral Accuracy

Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Yong Han, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)
Denis Tremblay, Science Data Processing, Inc.
Xin Jin, ERT
Likun Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)

12:00 AM

Calibration: Clark Kent or Superman?

Dave Titley, Pennsylvania State University

12:00 AM

Condition-Based Calibration for Electro-Optical Infrared Sensor Systems

Leah Roach, Frontier Technology Inc.
Christopher Doktor, Frontier Technology Inc.
Thomas Murdock, Frontier Technology Inc.

12:00 AM

CrIS SDR Long Term Monitoring, High Resolution Processsing, and Data Analysis of FM2 Bench Data Set

Denis Tremblay, Science Data Processing Inc/ET/NOAA-STAR
Yong Han, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)
Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Xin Jin, ERT
Likun Wang, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Antonia Gambacorta, NOAA

12:00 AM

Cryogenic Emissivity Calibration of Highly Reflective Materials

Solomon I. Woods, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Timothy M. Jung, Jung Research and Development Corp.
Greg T. Ly, Jung Research and Development Corp.
Jie Yu, ITER Organization

12:00 AM

GOES Coherent Noise Analysis and Online Monitoring

M. Grotenhuis, ERT, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
X. Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
F. Yu, ERT, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

12:00 AM

Improved Confidence on the PLEIADES In-flight Absolute Calibration Through the Merging of Different Vicarious Calibration Methods

Sophie Lachérade, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Bertrand Fougnie, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Charles Galindo, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Philippe Gamet, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Gwendoline Blanchet, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Laurent Lebègue, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

12:00 AM

Infrared Spectrophotometry Calibration Facilities at NIST

Leonard Hanssen, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Simon Kaplan, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sergey Mekhontsev, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Vladimir Khromchenko, National Institute of Standards and Technology
John Burnett, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

Landsat-8 OLI: On-Orbit Spatial Uniformity, Absolute Calibration and Stability

D. Helder, South Dakota State University
F. Pesta, South Dakota State University
J. Brinkmann, South Dakota State University
L. Leigh, South Dakota State University
D. Aaron, South Dakota State University
Brian Markham, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Julia Barsi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ron Morfitt, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Jeff Czapla-Myers, University of Arizona

12:00 AM

Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) Initial On-Orbit Performance

Geir Kvaran, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Ed Knight, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Khurrum Ansari, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Kenton Lee, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Brent Canova, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Brian Donley, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Hugh Kieffer, Celestial Reasonings

12:00 AM

Landsat-8(formerly LDCM): Mission Update and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Initial Post Launch Performance

Brian Markham, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dennis Reuter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Matt Montanaro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Allen Lunsford, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Julia Barsi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Simon Hook, Jet Propulsion Lab
John Schott, Jet Propulsion Lab
Nina Raqueno, Rochester Institute of Technology

12:00 AM

MODIS-Aqua Calibration as seen by Alternative Statistical Methods over Natural Targets

Bertrand Fougnie, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Patrice Henry, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Philippe Gamet, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Véronique Bruniquel, ACRI-ST
Guillaume Fontanilles, ACRI-ST

12:00 AM

New Capability for Evaluating the Emissivity of Large Aperture Infrared Blackbodies

Jinan Zeng, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Sergey Mekhontsev, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Leonard Hanssen, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

Orbital Variation of Blackbody Thermistor Temperature for S‐NPP VIIRS Thermal Emissive Band Calibration

Xi Shao, University of Maryland - College Park
Changyong Cao, STAR/NESDIS/NOAA
Slawomir Blonski, University of Maryland - College Park
Quanhua (Mark) Liu, University of Maryland - College Park

12:00 AM

Performance Assessment of S-NPP VIIRS Solar Diffuser and Lunar Calibration

J. Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
J. Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
N. Lei, Sigma Space Corporation
S. Lee, Sigma Space Corporation
J. Sun, Sigma Space Corporation
J. Fulbright, Sigma Space Corporation
Z. Wang, Sigma Space Corporation
H. Oudrari, Sigma Space Corporation
V. Chiang, Sigma Space Corporation

12:00 AM

Pre-Launch Radiometric Calibration of the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Instruments

James Lasnik, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Sarah Lipscy, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Steve Bennett, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

12:00 AM

Spectral Interpolations and Distance Dependences of NIST Spectral Irradiance Standards

Howard W. Yoon, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Charles E. Gibson, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

Techniques for Characterizing Filters for Sensor Optical Cross-Talk

Vijay Murgai, Raytheon
Robert Cartland, Raytheon

12:00 AM

Building the HST/WFC3 Flux Calibration Ladder

Susana Deustua, Space Telescope Science Institute
Ralph Bohlin, Space Telescope Science Institute

12:00 AM

Comparison of Full-resolution S-NPP CRIS Radiance with Radiative Transfer Calculations

Xu Liu, NASA Langley Research Center
W. Wu, NASA Langley Research Center
S. Kizer, NASA Langley Research Center
H. Li, NASA Langley Research Center
D. K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center
A. M. Larar, NASA Langley Research Center

12:00 AM

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) Pre-flight Noise Diode Calibration

David Draper, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

12:00 AM

Improved Low-Noise Cryogenic Transimpedance Amplifier

James E. Proctor, Jung Research and Development Corp.
Timothy M. Jung, Jung Research and Development Corp.
Solomon I. Woods, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

In-flight Evaluation of the SPOT-6 Radiometric Calibration Based on Acquisitions over Natural Targets and Automated In-situ Measurements

Philippe Gamet, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Sophie Lachérade, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Mathieu Jung, ASTRIUM
David Villa Pascual, ASTRIUM

12:00 AM

Inter-calibration of GOES Imager Visible Channels Over the Sonoran Desert

Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Michael Grotenhuis, ERT, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Haifeng Qian, IMSG@NOA/NESDIS/STAR

12:00 AM

Inter-comparison of Terra and Aqua MODIS Feflective Solar Bands using Suomi NPP VIIRS

Slawomir Blonski, University of Maryland - College Park
Changyong Cao, STAR/NESDIS/NOAA
Sirish Uprety, Colorado State University
Xi Shao, NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research

12:00 AM

Lifetime Intra-Constellation Calibration of the RapidEye Sensors over PICS

Cody Anderson, RapidEye
Michael Thiele, RapidEye
Andreas Brunn, RapidEye

12:00 AM

Palette / Sensor Performance Monitoring (SPM)

Christopher Hammond, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

12:00 AM

Physical Model to Describe the PARASOL Radiometric Trending: Definition, Adjustment, and Validation

Bertrand Fougnie, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

12:00 AM

POLO Pleiades Orbital Lunar Observations - Intensive Study of the Moon and Comparison to ROLO Model

Sophie Lachérade, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Ouahid Aznay, CS
Bertrand Fougnie, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

12:00 AM

PROBA-V Commissioning: Radiometric Calibration

Stefan Adriaensen, VITO
Wouter Dierckx, VITO
Stefan Livens, VITO
Sindy Sterckx, VITO

12:00 AM

Progress Towards an Absolute Calibration of Lunar Irradiance at Reflected Solar Wavelengths

Claire Cramer, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Steve Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keith R. Lykke, National Institute of Standards and Technology
John Woodward, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:00 AM

Radiometric and Spectral Consistency of Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders

Likun Wang, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Yong Chen, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Yong Han, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Denis Tremblay, Science Data Processing, Inc.
Xin Jin, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.

12:00 AM

Re-visit of GOES Visible Lunar Calibration: Error Budget and Scan-Angle Dependent Reflectance

Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Tom Stone, US Geological Survey
Gordana Sindic-Ranic, I.M. Systems Group, Inc. (IMSG)

12:00 AM

S – NPP VIIRS On-orbit Uncertainty Estimate for Emissive Bands

Jeff McIntire, VCST, Sigma Space Corporation
Boryana Efremova, VCST, Sigma Space Corporation
Xiaoxiong (Jack) Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

12:00 AM

SNPP ATMS Alternate Scan Profile for Risk Mitigation to Extend On-orbit Life

Otto Bruegman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/JPSS
Kent Anderson, Northrop Grumman
Robert Platt, IAI
Shiva Ubhayakar, Bastion
Marc Wigdor, The Aerospace Corporation

12:00 AM

SNPP VIIRS Emissive Bands Calibration Assessed via a CrIS-VIIRS Data Comparison

Boryana Efremova, Sigma Space Corporation
Jeff McIntire, Sigma Space Corporation
Thomas Schwarting, Sigma Space Corporation
Aisheng Wu, Sigma Space Corporation
Sergey Gusev, Sigma Space Corporation
Xiaoxiong Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

12:00 AM

The Next Generation Solar Spectral Irradiance Monitor for the JPSS-TSIS Mission: Instrument Overview and Radiometric Performance

Erik Richard, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
David Harber, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Joel Rutkowski, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Kasandra O'Malia, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Matt Triplett, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Peter Pilewskie, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado

12:00 AM

The Use of Bright, Cool Variable Stars along with Hot Stars to Assess RSR Model Accuracy

Ray Russell, The Aerospace Corporation
Richard Rudy, The Aerospace Corporation
George Rossano, The Aerospace Corporation
Daryl Kim, The Aerospace Corporation
Kirk Crawford, The Aerospace Corporation
Mark Skinner, Boeing LTS
Steve Gregory, Boeing LTS
Michael Sitko, The University of Cincinnati

12:00 AM

Tracking On-orbit Radiometric Stability and Accuracy of Suomi NPP VIIRS Using Extended Low Latitude SNOs

Sirish Uprety, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University
Changyong Cao, STAR/NESDIS/NOAA
Slawomir Blonski, University of Maryland - College Park
Xi Shao, University of Maryland - College Park
Frank Padula, ERT/GTT

12:00 AM

Uncertainty of In-Situ Calibration and Commissioning of Uniform Source Systems in the Field

Chris Durell, Labsphere, Inc.
Joe Jablonski, Labsphere, Inc.
Tim Smith, Labsphere, Inc.

12:00 AM

Vicarious Calibration of COMS Visible Channel using Several Targets

Hoseung Lee, National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration

12:00 AM