Conference on Characterization and Radiometric Calibration for Remote Sensing (CALCON)

Removing Radiation-Induced Spikes from Fourier Transform Data

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

1:15 PM

GOES-R ABI Emissive IR Bands Radiometric Performance Monitoring and Trending

Haifeng Qian, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Robert Iacovazzi, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR)
Boryana Efremova, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Fangfang Yu, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Xi Shao, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)

1:40 PM

Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI): Final Design and Initial EDU Test Results

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

2:05 PM

Progress of S-NPP VIIRS Reflective Solar Calibration

Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
N. Lei, SSAI, Inc.
Z. Wang, SSAI, inc.
G. Keller, SSAI, Inc.

3:30 PM

Capability Enhancements, Changes, and Limitations of Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1 Compared to Suomi-National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (S-NPP)

Cole Rossiter, Stellar Solutions, Inc.
Bruce Guenther, Stellar Solutions, Inc.

3:55 PM

Progress in 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

4:20 PM

Sentinel-2 L1C Radiometric Validation Using Deep Convective Clouds Observations

Nicolas Lamquin, ACRI-ST
Ferran Gascon, European Space Agency (ESA)

4:45 PM

Slanted-edge MTF Focus Test Verification with PRF Testing to Establish Best Focus Position of Infinite Conjugate Space Optical Systems

Lennon Reinhart, USU/Space Dymamics Laboratory
Trent Newswander, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Duane Miles, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
David Riesland, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Deron Scott, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

5:10 PM

Calibration Acquisitions of the Moon by CLARREO Pathfinder

Thomas C. Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Constantine Lukashin, NASA Langley Research Center
Greg Kopp, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Coloradao

8:05 AM

Lunar Radiometric Calibration on Planet Dove Satellites

Arin Jumpasut, Planet
Adriana Fukuzato, Planet
Joshua Greenberg, Planet
Nicholas Wilson, Planet

8:30 AM

Improvement in ABI/AHI Lunar Image Registration Algorithm for the Extraction of Lunar ROI Radiance

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)

8:55 AM

Small Signal Linearity

Joe Tansock, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

9:30 AM

CIRiS: Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space

David Osterman, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

9:55 AM

Calibration of a Multi-Spectral CubeSat with LandSat Filters

Sloane Wiktorowicz, The Aerospace Corporation
Ray Russell, The Aerospace Corporation
Dee Pack, The Aerospace Corporation
Eric Herman, The Aerospace Corporation
George S. Rossano, The Aerospace Corporation
Christopher Coffman, The Aerospace Corporation
Brian Hardy, The Aerospace Corporation
Bonnie Hattersley, The Aerospace Corporation

10:45 AM

In-Orbit Radiometric Calibration of the Planet Dove Constellation

Nick Wilson, Planet
Joshua Greenberg, Planet
Arin Jumpasut, Planet
Alan Collison, Planet

11:10 AM

Self-Assessed Data Quality Standards (SAQS)

Bruce Guenther, Stellar Solutions, Inc.
Cole Rossiter, Stellar Solutions, Inc.

11:35 AM

Analysis of Systematic Effects in 0/45 Lamp-plaque Sensor Calibration

Leonard Hanssen, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Eric Shirley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Heather Patrick, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Thomas Germer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
B. Carol Johnson, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Howard Yoon, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

2:05 PM

Planar Detectors as Radiometric Standards using Carbon Nanotube Absorbers

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

2:30 PM

Traceable Radiometric Calibration of the German Imaging Spectrometer Satellite Mission EnMAP

Andreas Baumgartner, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Remote Sensing Technology Institute
Thomas Schwarzmaier, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Remote Sensing Technology Institute

2:55 PM

Preliminary Results of Solar Diffuser BRDF Measurements Using a Table-Top Goniometer at NASA GSFC

Jinan Zeng, Fibertek Incorporation
Jim Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Leibo Ding, Science Systems and Applications Incorporated (SSAI)
Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

3:20 PM

Results from the Radiometric Absolute Calibration of Sentinen-2A and Sentinel-2B

C. Revel, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
A. Dick, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
V. Lonjou, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
S. Marcq, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
T. Tremas, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

4:20 PM

System Vicarious Calibration of Sentinel-3 OLCI

Nicolas Lamquin, ACRI-ST
Ludovic Bourg, ACRI-ST
Christophe Lerebourg, ACRI-ST
Francois-Regis Martin-Lauzer, ARGANS
Ewa Kwiatkowska, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Steffen Dransfeld, European Space Agency (ESA)

4:44 PM

Alternative Vicarious Gain Estimates for Sentinel-4 OLCI: Investigation of Atmosphere-typed Spectral Optical Thickness Corrections for the Processor Vicarious Calibration, From the Open Ocean to the Shore

Bertrand Saulquin, ACRI-ST
Francois-Regis Martin Lauzer, ACRI-ST
Ludovic Bourg, ACRI-ST

5:10 PM

Validation of NIST's Low Temperature Infared Spectral Radiance Scale

Leonard Hanssen, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Vladimir Khromchenko, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Sergey Mekhontsev, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

8:35 AM

Feasibility Demonstration of Near-Surface Unmanned Aircraft Systems for GOES-R ABI Validation

Aaron Pearlman, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program
Francis Padula, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program
Tung-Chang Liu, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program
Steve Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program

9:25 AM

Elimination of Artificial Bright Pixels in VIIRS DNB Nighttime IMage over the South Atlantic Anomaly Region

Yalong Gu, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Sirish Uprety, University of Maryland
Slawomir Blonski, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Wenhui Wang, Earth Resources Technology, Inc. (ERT)
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

9:50 AM

Economic Value of a More Accurate Climate Observing System

Bruce A. Wielicki, NASA Langley Research Center
Roger Cooke, Resources for the Future
Sasha Golub, American University

1:00 PM

A Comparison of Relative Gain Estimation Methods for High Radiometric Resolution Pushbroom Sensors

Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University
Calvin Kielas-Jensen, South Dakota State University
Nathan Reynhout, South Dakota State University
Cody Anderson, South Dakota State University
Drake Jeno, South Dakota State University

2:05 PM

Improved Temporal Resolution of Pseudo Invariant Calibration Sites (PICS) Through Development of the PICS Normalization Process (PNP)

Morakot Kaewmanee, South Dakota State University
Harika Vuppula, South Dakota State University
Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University

2:20 PM

On-Orbit Optical Sensor Bias Estimation

Cody Anderson, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, USGS EROS
Nischal Mishra, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, USGS EROS
Ron Morfitt, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, USGS EROS

2:30 PM

Assessing Long Term Stability of Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 OLI

Esad Micijevic, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, USGS EROS
Nischal Mishra, SSAI, NASA Langley Research Center
Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University

2:55 PM

Landsat 8 OLI and TIRS Calibration Updates and Trends for the Period of 4 Years of Operation

Raviv Levy, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Julia Barsi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Brian Markham, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

3:45 PM

Radiometric Calibration Network for Vicarious Calibration of Earth Observing Imagers in the Reflected Solar

Kurt Thome, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeff Czapla-Myers, University of Arizona
Marc Bouvet, European Space Agency (ESA)
Beatrice Berthelot, Magellium
Nigel Fox, National Physical Laboratory
Philippe Goryl, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Patrice Henry, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Aime Meygret, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Chuanrong Li, Academy of Opto-Electronics (AOE)
Lingling Ma, Academy of Opto-Electronics (AOE)
Lingli Tang, Academy of Opto-Electronics (AOE)
Brian Wenny, Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Emma Woolliams, National Physical Laboratory

4:25 PM

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

Sebastien Marcq, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Aime Meygret, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Agnieszka Bialek, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Claire Greenwell, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Barry Scott, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Nigel Fox, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Marc Bouvet, European Space Agency (ESA)
Beatrice Berthelot, Magellium
Bahaiddin Damiri, CIMEL

5:00 PM

Consistent Pre-2000 GEO Visible Calibration Record Based on Deept Convective Clouds and Desert Targets

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

5:25 PM

Satellite Intercomparison and Validation using the Radiometric Calibration Test Site (RadCaTS) at Railroad Valley, Nevada

Jeff Czapla-Myers, University of Arizona
Nikolaus Anderson, University of Arizona
Stuart Biggar, University of Arizona

5:50 PM