200 nm to 100 µm, with 0.25% Band-Integrated Uncertainty Requirements: Meeting the Challenges of the RBI Spectral Calibration

James Q. Peterson, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Harri Latvakoski, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Greg Cantwell, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
James Champagne, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Joel Cardon, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

1:15 PM

Project CyMISS Tropical Cyclone Measurements from the ISS

A.T. Stair, Visidyne, Inc.
Paul Joss, Visidyne, Inc.
Andrew LePage, Visidyne, Inc.
John DeVore, Visidyne, Inc.
Paul Pauliukonis, Visidyne, Inc.
Joe Kristl, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

2:05 PM

New RadCalNet Instrumented Site at Gobabeb, Namibia: Field Campaign Conclusions and First Absolute Calibration Results

Sebastien Marcq, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Sophie Lachérade, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Aime Meygret, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Agnieszka Bialek, National Physical Laboratory
Claire Greenwell, National Physical Laboratory
Maxim Lamare, National Physical Laboratory
Nigel Fox, National Physical Laboratory
Marc Bouvet, European Space Agency (ESA)
Beatrice Berthelot, Magellium

3:30 PM

Radiometric and Spatial Calibration of a Multi-purpose Infrared Test Bed

Sandra Collins, Ball Aerospace
Robert Philbrick, Ball Aerospace
Robert Brown, Ball Aerospace
Jerold Cole, Ball Aerospace
Rick Ortiz, Ball Aerospace
Pom Gilmore, Ball Aerospace

3:55 PM

Assessments of MODIS On-orbit Spatial and Spectral Characterization

Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dan Link, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Kevin Twedt, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Ben Wang, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)

8:05 AM

Radiometric Performance of the CrIS Instrument for JPSS-1

Ronald Glumb, Harris Corporation
Lawrence Suwinski, Harris Corporation
Steven Wells, Harris Corporation
Rebecca Malloy, Harris Corporation

8:30 AM

Monochromatic Measurements of the JPSS-1 VIIRS Polarization Sensitivity

Jeff McIntire, VCST/Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
David Moyer, The Aerospace Corporation
Steve Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Eugene Waluschka, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Hassan Oudrari, VCST/Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Xiaoxiong Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

8:55 AM

New Capabilities of Diffuser Calibration Lab at GSFC NASA to Support Remote Sensing Instrumentation

Jinan Zeng, Fibertek, Inc.
Jim Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

9:00 AM

RBI Ground Calibration and Uncertainties Non-Linearity

Harri Latvakoski, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Greg Cantwell, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Joel Cardon, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

9:20 AM

VIIRS S-NPP Nighttime DNB Spectral Response Function (SRF): The At-launch Characteristics and How the SRF Changes with Time Due to Tungsten Oxides Chromaticity

Bruce Guenther, Stellar Solutions
N. Lei, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
C. Moeller, University of Wisconsin

10:00 AM

Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI) Performance Update

Ronald Glumb, Harris Corporation
Jay Overbeck, Harris Corporation
Christopher Lietzke, Harris Corporation
John Forsythe, Harris Corporation
Jason Miller, Harris Corporation

10:25 AM

Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation Hyperspectral Instruments – Short Overview on Calibration

Berit Ahlers, European Space Agency (ESA)/ European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Matthias Erdmann, European Space Agency (ESA)/European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Pepijn Veefkind, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Marcel Dobber, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

10:50 AM

Pre-Launch Radiometric Calibration of the S-NPP and JPSS-1 VIIRS Day/Night Bands

Thomas Schwarting, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Jeff McIntire, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Hassan Oudrari, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Chengbo Sun, Global Science and Technology Inc.
Xiaoxiong Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

11:15 AM

Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Lightning Imager (LI) Instrument On-ground and In-flight Calibration

Marcel Dobber, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Stephan Kox, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

11:40 AM

Carbon Nanotube Flat Plate Blackbody Calibrator

Sandra Collins, Ball Aerospace
John Fleming, Ball Aerospace
Beth Kelsic, Ball Aerospace
Bevin Staple, Ball Aerospace

2:05 PM

The Cubesat Multispectral Observation System (CUMULOS)

David Ardila, The Aerospace Corporation
Dee Pack, The Aerospace Corporation

2:30 PM

Calibration Considerations for a Reduced-timeline Optimized Approach for VNIR Earth Orbiting Satellites

Zachary Bergen, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

2:55 PM

Analysis of Deep Convective Clouds (DCC) for Near Infrared Channels

Hyelim Yoo, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

3:55 PM

Characterizing Deep Convective Clouds as an Invariant Calibration Target

David Doelling, NASA Langley Research Center
Conor Haney, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Rajendra Bhatt, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Benjamin Scarino, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)

4:20 PM

Using TRMM-VIRS Window-channel Radiances to Uniformly Calibrate Geostationary Infrared Sensors at Every Hour

Benjamin Scarino, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
David Doelling, NASA Langley Research Center
Conor Haney, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Arun Gopalan, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Rajendra Bhatt, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Patrick Minnis, NASA Langley Research Center
Kristopher Bedka, NASA Langley Research Center

4:45 PM

Results from the Radiometric Absolute Calibration of Sentinel-2A

S. Marcq, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
S. Lachérade, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
JL. Raynaud, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
V. Lonjou, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
C. Coppolani, Thales Services

5:10 PM

Inter-Calibration of the RapidEye Sensors with Landsat 8, Sentinel and SPOT

Andreas Brunn, Planet Labs
Horst Weichelt, Planet Labs
Rene Griesbach, Planet Labs
Pablo Rosso, Planet Labs

5:35 PM

Using the Moon as a Common Reference for Inter-calibration

Thomas C. Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

8:30 AM

Calibration of an Ultra-High Accuracy Polarimeter at the Part-Per-Million Level

Sloane J. Wiktorowicz, The Aerospace Corporation

8:55 AM

Effort toward Characterization of Selected Lunar Sites for the Radiometric Calibration of Solar Reflective Bands

Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xi Shao, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR)
Masaya Takahashi, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)/Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC)
Arata Okuyama, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)/Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC)

9:20 AM

Absolute Calibration of a 5 Satellite Constellation Using Vicarious Calibration – 7 Years of Operational Experience

Andreas Brunn, Planet Labs
Horst Weichelt, Planet Labs
Sara Bahloul, Planet Labs

10:20 AM

PICS Normalization: Improved Temporal Trending Using PICS

Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University
Harika Vuppula, South Dakota State University
Leah Ervin, South Dakota State University
Ruchira Tabassum, South Dakota State University
Morakot Kaewmanee, South Dakota State University

10:45 AM

Using Vicarious Calibration to Evaluate Small Target Radiometry

Stephen Schiller, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
John Silny, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

11:10 AM

Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Pathfinder Mission: Status Overview

Yolanda L. Shea, NASA Langley Research Center
R. R. Baize, NASA Langley Research Center
G. A. Fleming, NASA Langley Research Center
D. Johnson, NASA Langley Research Center
C. Lukashin, NASA Langley Research Center
M. Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center
K. Thome, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
B. A. Wielicki, NASA Langley Research Center

12:05 PM

Streamlined Diffraction Corrections in Practical Radiometry

Eric Shirley, National Insitute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Simon Kaplan, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Solomon I. Woods, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Adriaan Carter, Jung Research and Development
Timothy Jung, Jung Research and Development

2:05 PM

JPSS1 VIIRS RSB Sensor Calibration Using Monochromater-based and Laser-based Methods

Jinan Zeng, Fibertek, Inc.
Tom Schwarting, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Jeff McIntire, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Jack Ji, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Hassan Oudrari, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jim Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2:30 PM

Uncertainty Budget of the Airborne Imaging Spectrometer APEX

A. Hueni, University of Zurich
E. Woolliams, National Physical Laboratory

2:55 PM

Radiometric Calibration of an Ultra-compact Micro-bolometer Thermal Camera

David Riesland, Montana State University
Paul Nugent, Montana State University
Seth Laurie, Montana State University
Joseph Shaw, Montana State University

3:20 PM

Advances in SI-traceable Detector Standards for the Reflected Solar Region

Steven W. Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ping-Shine Shaw, National Institute of Standards and Technology
John T. Woodward, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Keith R. Lykke, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

4:30 PM

A New Generation of NIST Laser Power Standards Using Microfabrication Techniques and Carbon Nanotubes

Michelle Stephens, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Nathan A. Tomlin, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Malcolm White, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Chris Yung, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Ivan Ryger, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Natalie Mujica-Schwann, National Insitute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Lehman, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

4:55 PM

Lunar Intrusion Detection Algorithm for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Instrument on S-NPP Satellite

Denis Tremblay, Science Data Processing Inc/NOAA-STAR
Yong Han, Science Data Processing Inc/NOAA-STAR
Yong Chen, Science Data Processing Inc/NOAA-STAR
Likun Wang, Science Data Processing Inc/NOAA-STAR
Xin Jin, Science Data Processing Inc/NOAA-STAR

5:25 PM

MIGHTI Spectral Calibration

James Peterson, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Joel Cardon, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Pedro Sevilla, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Jed Hancock, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Christoph Englert, Naval Research Laboratory
John Harlander, St. Cloud State/SSRC
Charles M. Brown, Naval Research Laboratory
Kenneth D. Marr, Naval Research Laboratory

8:30 AM

Characterization of New Planar Cryogenic Radiometric Standards under Development at NIST

Malcolm White, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

8:55 AM

Optimization of Thickness Allocation Between Two Fused Silica Filters

Brian Vick, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
J. Robert Mahan, Virginia Poly
Kory Priestley, NASA Langley Research Center

9:20 AM

Geolocation Derivation, Trending, and Accuracy of Suomi NPP Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Measurements

Deron Scott, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Mark Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Ben Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

10:15 AM

Best Practice Guidelines for Post-launch Testing of Radiometric Performance of Multichannel Optical Sensors - To Achieve and Maintain On Orbit SI Traceability

Raju Datla, NOAA Afifiliate, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.
Xiaoxiong Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
James Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Weinreb, Riverside Technology, Inc.
Francis Padula, GeoThinkTank LLC
Aaron Pearlman, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.
Manik Bali
Boryana Efremova, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Changyong Cao, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/NESDIS/STAR
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR)

11:10 AM

Can vicarious Calibration Replace Onboard Calibration Systems?

Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University

1:15 PM