Basics and Applications of Spectroradiometry

Howard W. Yoon, National Institute of Standards and Technology

8:30 AM

Leveraging the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) Calibration Standard For Next Generation Defense Weather Missions

Michael Berberich, Ball Aerospace
David Draper, Ball Aerospace
David Newell, Ball Aerospace
Quinn Remund, Ball Aerospace
Don Figgins, Ball Aerospace

1:10 PM

The Experimental Hyperspectral Imaging Microsatellites SPARK-01 and -02 Radiometric Calibration and Overall Performance

Hao Zhang, Institute of Remote Sensing and digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Bing Zhang, Institute of Remote Sensing and digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Zhihua Huang, Institute of Remote Sensing and digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); China University of Mining & Technology
Xia Zhang, Institute of Remote Sensing and digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

1:35 PM

Initial Pre-Launch Imaging and Spectral Characterization of Landsat 9 Thermal Infrared Sensor-2

Aaron Pearlman, GeoThinkTank LLC
Joel McCorkel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Matthew Montanaro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Boryana Efremova, GeoThinkTank LLC
Brian Wenny, Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI)
Allen Lunsford, Catholic University of America
Amy Simon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jason Hair, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dennis Reuter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2:00 PM

Preflight Characterization of the OCO-3 Imaging Spectrometer

Robert Rosenberg, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CalTech
Gary Spers, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Lars Chapsky, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Shanshan Yu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Annmarie Eldering, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Stephen Maxwell, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

2:25 PM

Calibration and On-Orbit Validation of the NOAA-20 CrIS Interferometer

Kori Moore, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Mark Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Joe Kristl, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Ben Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Deron Scott, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

2:50 PM

Yaw Maneuver Analysis for JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) VIIRS

Jeff McIntire, VCST/Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Hassan Oudrari, VCST/Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Xiaoxiong Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

3:30 PM

The CAESAR New Frontiers Mission: Overview and Imaging Objectives

Jason Soderblom, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex Hayes, Cornell University
Martin Houghton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Todd King, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mike Ravine, Malin Space Science Systems
Joe Tansock, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Steve Squyres, Cornell University

4:20 PM

The CAESAR New Frontiers Mission: Camera Suite Calibration Planning

Joe Tansock, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
John Seamons, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
A Hayes, Cornell University
Jason Soderblom, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:50 PM

A New Approach for Albedo Calibrationi on OMPS

Tyler McCracken, Ball Aerospace
Thomas Rogers, Ball Aerospace
Eileen Saiki, Ball Aerospace
Dan Soo, Ball Aerospace
Stephen C. Bennett, Ball Aerospace

5:20 PM

Development and Production of the Onboard Radiometric Calibration References for the Next Generation of European Weather Forecasting Space Instruments

Mathieu Maisonneuve, ABB Canada
Manyuan Li, ABB Canada
Robert Bouchard, ABB Canada
Yan Montembeault, ABB Canada
Gaetan Perron, ABB Canada
Jacques Giroux, ABB Canada

5:45 PM

Measuring Linearity of Detector Spectral Responsibity at Ultra-Low Incident Powers

Leibo Ding, Science Systems and Applications Incorporated (SSAI)
Jinan Zeng, Fibertek, Inc.
James Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

8:05 AM

Ground and On-Orbit Calibration of High Accuracy Stellar Navigation Sensors

Stephen Lutgring, Ball Aerospace
Emil Tchilian, Ball Aerospace

8:30 AM

New Hyperspectral BRDF Feature of a Table-Top Goniometer in the Diffuser Calibration Lab at NASA GSFC

Jinan Zeng, Fibertek, Inc.
James J. Butler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Xiaoxiong Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

8:55 AM

Development of Compact Calibration Infrared Sources for the Meteosat Third Generation Flexible Combiner Imager

Mathieu Maisonneuve, ABB Canada
Robert Bouchard, ABB Canada
Manyuan Li, ABB Canada
Yan Montembeault, ABB Canada
Gaetan Perron, ABB Canada
Jacques Giroux, ABB Canada

9:20 AM

ARCSTONE: Calibration of Lunar Spectral Reflectance

Constantine Lukashin, NASA Langley Research Center
Trevor Jackson, NASA Langley Research Center
Michael Cooney, NASA Langley Research Center
Noah Ryan, NASA Langley Reseach Center
Joshua Beverly, NASA Langley Research Center
Cindy Young, NASA Langley Research Center
Gugu Rutherford, NASA Langley Research Center
Warren Davis, NASA Langley Research Center
Thuan Nguyen, NASA Langley Research Center
Randy Swanson, Resonon Inc.
Michael Kehoe, Resonon Inc.
Michael Stebbins, Resonon Inc.
Greg Kopp, University of Colorado/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
Tom Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

10:05 AM

Applications of GOES-16 ABI Lunar North-South Scan (NSS): Detector Out-of-Field, Blooming and Uniformity Responses

Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xi Shao, ERT, Inc. @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Haifeng Qian, ERT, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

10:30 AM

air-LUSI: Airborne LUnar Spectral Irradiance Mission

Kevin Turpie, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

10:55 AM

The Aerospace Spectral Energy Distribution (ASED) Program - 2018 Update

Ray W. Russell, The Aerospace Corporation
Richard Rudy, The Aerospace Corporation
Sloane Wiktorowicz, The Aerospace Corporation
George Rossano, The Aerospace Corporation
Jon Mauerhan, The Aerospace Corporation
John Subasavage, The Aerospace Corporation
Daryl Kim, The Aerospace Corporation
Kirk Crawford, The Aerospace Corporation
David Gutierrez, The Aerospace Corporation
Michael Owens, The Aerospace Corporation

11:20 AM

Using the Moon as a Calibration Source for a Fleet of Satellites

Arin Jumpasut, Planet
Adriana Fukuzato, Planet
Ignacio Zuleta, Planet

11:45 AM

Uncertainty & Precision: Conversations about Data Set Reprocessing and Utility of the Data We Produce

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

2:05 PM

MODIS Level 1B Reprocessing: Progresses, Challenges, and Lessons

Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Vincent Salomonson, University of Utah

2:55 PM

Suomi-NPP VIIRS Sensor Data Record Reprocessing Improvements and Status

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

3:20 PM

Production of a Multi-decadal Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record: Balancing Accuracy, Precision, and Data Availability to Meet the Needs of the Community

Kory Priestley, NASA Langley Research Center
Johnathon Gleason, NASA Langley Research Center
Kathleen Moore, NASA Langley Research Center
Anum Ashraf, NASA Langley Research Center

4:00 PM

Monitoring GOES-R ABI Radiometric Performances with a Machine Learning System

Zhenping Li, Arctic Slope Technical Services (ASTS)
Ken Mitchell, Arctic Slope Technical Services (ASTS)
Biruh Tesfaye, Arctic Slope Technical Services (ASTS)

4:25 PM

Designing a Human-in-the-Loop Process for Maintaining Optimal Calibration of GOES-R ABI Visible Channels

Dave Pogorzala, Integrity Applications Incorporated
Jon Fulbright, Integrity Applications Incorporated
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

4:50 PM

Cryogenic Primary Standard for Optical Fiber Power Measurement

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

8:05 AM

From Laboratory to CubeSat - Room Temperature Absolute Bolometers for Laser Power Standards, Solar Spectral Irradiance, and Total Solar Irradiance

Michelle Stephens, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Nathan A. Tomlin, 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)
Malcolm White, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Lehman, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
David Harber, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Greg Kopp, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Karl Heuerman, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Jacob Sprunck, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Zach Castleman, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Ginger Drake, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Erik Richard, Laboratory for Atmsopheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado

8:30 AM

High-efficiency Superconducting Single-photon Detectors

Thomas Gerrits, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Adrian Lita, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Varun Verma, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Richard P. Mirin, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Lehman, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Alan Migdall, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Sae Woo Nam, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

8:55 AM

Radiometry and Few-photon Metrology at the National Research Council of Canada

Angela Gamouras, National Research Council Canada
Andrew D.W. Todd, National Research Council Canada
Eric Cote, National Research Council Canada
Arnold A. Gaertner, National Research Council Canada
Jeongwan Jin, National Research Council Canada
Dan Dalacu, National Research Council Canada
Robin Williams, National Research Council Canada

9:20 AM

Progress on Embedded Radiation Pressure Sensors for Absolute Power Measurement

Ivan Ryger, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Paul Williams, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Josh Hadler, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Brian Simonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Nathan Tomlin, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Kyle Rogers, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Christopher L. Holloway, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Matthew Smith, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Legman, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

9:45 AM

Validations of Detector-based Radiometric Calibrations using Fixed-point Blackbodies

Howard Yoon, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Charles Gibson, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Woodward, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Ping Shaw, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

10:10 AM

Characterization of Deep Convective Clouds as an Invariant Target for Satellite SWIR Bands Inter-calibration

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

2:15 PM

Absolute Radiometric Inter-calibration between MODIS and VIIRS Reflective Solar Bands without the use of Simultaneous Observations

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

2:40 PM

Data Inter-comparisons of the CrIS Interferometers on Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20

Joe Kristl, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Kori Moore, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Mark Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Ben Esplin, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory
Deron Scott, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

3:05 PM

Calibration of the National Ecological Observatory Network's Airborne Observation Platforms

Nathan Leisso, Ball Aerospace
Joe Boardman, AIG
Tristan Goulden, NEON
Ian Crocker, NEON

3:45 PM

Pre-Launch Calibration of the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer

Dave Smith, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Ed Polehampton, Rutherford Appleton Laboraory
Mireya Etxaluze, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Dan Peters, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Tim Nightingale, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Elliot Newman, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Brian Maddison, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Perdomenico Paolino, Leonardo
Jens Nieke, European Space Agency (ESA)/European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)

4:10 PM

Testing, Verification and Calibration of the Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observation Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TANSO-FTS-2) Sensor

Lawrence Suwinski, Harris Corporation
Ronald Glumb, Harris Corporation
Christopher Ellsworth, Harris Corporation
Eric Beaubien, Harris Corporation
John Holder, Harris Corporation
Masakatsu Nakajima, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Hiroshi Suto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Yukie Yajima, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

4:35 PM

Creating a Single Radiance Climate Record from AIRS, IASI and CrIS

Chris Hepplewhite, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC), Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
Howard Motteler, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC), Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
Sergio De-Souza Machado, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC), Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
Steven Buzckowski, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC), Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
L. Larrabee Strow, University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC), Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology

5:00 PM