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

Microwave Radiometer Instability Due to Infrequent Calibration

Kevin Coakley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Jolene Splett, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
David Walker, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Mustafa Aksoy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Paul Racette, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

8:25 AM

From LEDs to Satellites: Ground-Based and Space-Based Challenges to Dark Skies

Jeffrey C. Hall, Lowell Observatory

9:30 AM

Detector Responsibity by Fibre Coupled Cryogenic Primary Standard at 0.1%

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

10:50 AM

Broadband, Absolutely Calibrated Microbolometer Array Development

Michelle Stephens, National Insitute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Chris Yung, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Nathan Tomlin, 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
Karl Heuerman, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Joel Rutkowski, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Cameron Straatsma, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Odele Coddington, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado

11:10 AM

Development of 300 mW Background-Compensated Planar Absolute Radiometer Operating at Room Temperature

Anna Vaskuri, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
M S. Stephens, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
N. A. Tomlin, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
C. S. Yung, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A. J. Walowitz, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
C. Straatsma, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
D. Harber, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
J. Lehman, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

11:30 AM

Alternative Calibration Methods of Radiometric Detectors

Jarle Gran, Justervesenet (JV)
Trinh Tran, Justervesenet (JV)
Marit Ulset Nordsveen, Justervesenet (JV)
Eivin Bardalen, University of South-Eastern Norway
Per Ohlckers, University of South-Eastern Norway
Ornulf Nordseth, Institute for Energy Technology (IFT)
Ozhan Koybashi, SINTEF

11:50 AM

The STAR-CC-OGSE System for Pre-Flight Sensor Calibration

Paul D. Green, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Sean Devlin, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
William Kingett, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Nigel Fox, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

12:10 PM

On-orbit Validation of Interoperability Between Planet SuperDoves and Sentinel-2

Arin Jumpasut, Planet
Alan Collison, Planet
Ignacio Zuleta, Planet

2:35 PM

The Spectral Response of Planet Doves: Pre-launch Method and Results

Caroline Pritchett, Planet
Nicolas Smith, Planet
Arin Jumpasut, Planet
Juan Fernandez-Saldivar, Planet
Ignacio Zuleta, Planet

2:55 PM

Using Lunar Observations to Radiometrically Assess the CUMULOS' Visible Camera

Spencer Farrar, The Aerospace Corporation
Kelly Collett, The Aerospace Corporation
David Moyer, The Aerospace Corporation
Dee Pack, The Aerospace Corporation

3:15 PM

A Radiometrically Calibrated CubeSat Sensor: CUMULOS

John Santiago, The Aerospace Corporation
Dee Pack, The Aerospace Corporation
Ray Russell, The Aerospace Corporation
Rick Rudy, The Aerospace Corporation

3:35 PM

Integrating Sphere Theory

Chris Durell, Labsphere, Inc.
Dan Scharpf, Labsphere, Inc.

7:30 AM

New Perspectives for Inter-Calibration using Sentinel-3 Tandem Data

Sebastien Clerc, ACRI-ST
Nicolas Lamquin, ACRI-ST
L. Bourg, ACRI-ST
D. Smith, RAL
S. Hunt, The National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
J. Mittaz, University of Reading
C. Donlon, European Space Agency (ESA)

11:05 AM

Radiometric Comparison of OCO-2, OCO-3 and Aqua MODIS

Shanshan Yu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Robert Rosenberg, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Carol Bruegge, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Lars Chapsky, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Dejian Fu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Graziela Keller Rodrigues, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
David Crisp, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Annmarie Eldering, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Thomas Taylor, Colorado State University
Heather Cronk, Colorado State University
Christopher O'Dell, Colorado State University
Amit Angal, Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI)
Jack Xiong, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

11:25 AM

Valuation of Calibration for Satellite Constellations

Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sheila Baber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Olivier L. de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chris Durell, Labsphere, Inc.
Brandon Rusell, Labsphere, Inc.
Jeff Holt, Labsphere, Inc.

11:45 AM

Deep Convective Clouds for Sentinel-3 OLCI Cross-Calibration Monitoring

Nicolas Lamquin, ACRI-ST
Sebastien Clerc, ACRI-ST
L. Bourg, ACRI-ST
C. Donlon, European Space Agency (ESA)/The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)

12:05 PM - 12:00 AM

The WFI Relative Calibration System for WFIRST

Ray Wright, Ball Aerospace
Gregory D. Wirth, Ball Aerospace
Maxime Rizzo, Conceptual Analytics
Phil Scott, USU/Space Dynamics Laboratory

1:20 PM

The All-Sky Visible and Infrared Astronomical Catalog Encompass 3.0

Jennifer Simmerer, Frontier Technology, Inc.
Thomas Murdock, Frontier Technology, Inc.
Leah Roach, Frontier Technology, Inc.
Ryan Hartzell, Frontier Technology, Inc.
Brian Muccioli, Frontier Technology, Inc.

1:40 PM

A Lunar Calibration Model Based on Many Instruments and One Moon

Hugh Kieffer, Celestial Reasonings

2:20 PM

The East-West Response Versus Scan-Angle Performance of GOES-16/17 ABI Solar Reflective Bands

Fangfang Yu, University of Maryland, College Park
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Xi Shao, University of Maryland, College Park
Haifeng Qian, University of Maryland, College Park

2:40 PM

Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance (air-LUSI) Missioni Capability Demonstration

Kevin Turpie, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Steve Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Woodward, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph
Tom Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Steve Grantham, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Stephen Maxwell, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Tom Larason, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Andrew Newton, University of Guelph
Joe Rice, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

3:00 PM

ARCSTONE: Calibration of Lunar Spectral Reflectance from Space

Cindy Young, NASA Langley Research Center
T. Jackson, NASA Langley Research Center
T. Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
G. Kopp, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
R. Swanson, Resonon Inc.
N. Abraham, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Minda, Quartus Engineering
C. Buleri, Quartus Engineering
J. Carvo, Blue Canyon Technologies, Inc.
M. Cooney, NASA Langley Research Center
H. Courrier, Resonon Inc.
W. Davis, NASA Langley Research Center
A. Halterman, Quartus Engineering
M. Kehoe, Resonon Inc.
T. Nguyen, NASA Langley Research Center
N. Ryan, NASA Langley Research Center
P. Smith, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
M. Stebbins, Resonon Inc.

3:20 PM

Hurdles for Small Sat Datasets in NOAA Operational Missions

Bruce Guenther, Private Consultant

3:51 PM

Decoupling Flat-fielding and Non-linearity Correction of a Pushbroom Radiometer – Analysis of Landsat 9 Operational Land Imager-2 Prelaunch Test Data

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

8:05 AM

Pre-launch Radiometric Calibration of the JPSS-2 OMPS Instrument

Tyler McCracken, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Thomas Rogers, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Eileen Saiki, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Dan Soo, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Inc.

8:25 AM

Ground-to-Space Transmitter System for Extended Instrument Diagnostics of On-Orbit Operational Radiometric Sensors

Timothy Berkoff, NASA Langley Research Center
Constantine Lukashin, NASA Langley Research Center
William Carrion, NASA Langley Research Center
Trevor Jackson, NASA Langley Research Center
Steven Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Brian Alberding, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Tom Varghese, Cybioms Inc.
Brendan McAndrew, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jan McGarry, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Evan Hoffman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mark Shappirio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Joel McCorkel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

8:45 AM

Focus Characterization of SuperDoves: On-ground and On-orbit First Light

Juan Fernandez-Saldivar, Planet
Caroline Pritchett, Planet
Kenji Ozawa, Planet
Ignacio Zuleta, Planet

9:25 AM

Radiometric Calibration Performance of GOES-16/17 Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI)

Fangfang Yu, University of Maryland, College Park
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Hyelim Yoo, University of Maryland, College Park
Haifeng Qian, University of Maryland, College Park
Zhipeng Wang, University of Maryland, College Park
Xi Shao, University of Maryland, College Park

9:45 AM

NEON Imaging Spectrometer (NIS) Calibration Updates

Alok K. Shrestha, Battelle
Tristan Goulden, Battelle
Ian Crocker, Battelle
Joe Boardman, AIG LLC

10:05 AM

A Generalized Combinatorial Technique for Linearity Calibrations Applied to Optical Detectors and Spectrographs

Howard Yoon, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Tom Larason, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Woodward, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Vladimir Khromchenko, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

2:20 PM

Characterization of Fluorescence from the GLAMR 30” Integrating Sphere

Brendan McAndrew, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Julia Barsi, Science Systems and Applications (SSAI)
Yigit Aytac, Science Systems and Applications (SSAI)
Tim Shuman, Fibertek
Joel McCorkel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2:40 PM - 2:40 PM

Initial Results of FLARE Network Vicarious Calibration Method

Chris Durell, Labsphere, Inc.
Brandon Russell, Labsphere, Inc.
Dan Scharpf, Labsphere, Inc.
Jeff Holt, Labsphere, Inc.
Will Arnold, Labsphere, Inc.
Joe Jablonski, Labsphere, Inc.
David Conran, Rochester Institute of Technology
Stephen Schiller, Raytheon Technologies
Larry Leigh, South Dakota State University
David Aaron, South Dakota State University
Pedro Valle de Carvalho e Oliviera, South Dakota State University

3:00 PM

Development of a Collimated Large Area Uniform Light Source for the Measurement of Solar Diffuser BRDF in Support of NASA Satellite Instrument Programs

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

3:20 PM

Cross Comparison of DESIS with Landsat 8 OLI and Sentinel 2A MSI

Mahesh Shrestha, KBR
Jon Christopherson, KBR

8:05 AM

Atmospheric Waves Experiment (WAVE) Calibration

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

8:25 AM

Improved Radiometric Accuracies for Climate Science with HySICS

Greg Kopp, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Paul Smith, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Gary Fleming, NASA Langley Research Center
Peter Pilewskie, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
Bruce A. Wielicki, NASA Langley Research Center

8:45 AM