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

Current Challenges in the Remote Sounding of the Earth

Chris Barnet, Science and Technology Corporation (STC)

7:30 AM

Characterization for IR and Microwave Instruments with Solar System Objects

Martin Burgdorf, Universität Hamburg
S. A. Buehler, Universität Hamburg
V. John, Universität Hamburg

11:05 AM

ARCSTONE: Calibration of Lunar Spectral Reflectance from Space

Constantine Lukashin, NASA Langley Research Center
G. Kopp, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
T. Jackson, NASA Langley Research Center
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.
S. Cousin, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado
W. Davis, NASA Langley Research Center
A. Halterman, Quartus Engineering
M. Kehoe, Resonon Inc.
T. Nguyen, NASA Langley Research Center
R. Ledesma, 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.
C. Young, NASA Langley Research Center
T. Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

11:30 AM

Advances in the SLIM Lunar Spectral Irradiance Model; Many Observations, One Moon

Hugh Kieffer, Celestial Reasonings

11:55 AM

Evaluation of air-LUSI Measurements to Advance Lunar Modeling and the ROLO Lunar Calibration Reference

Thomas C. Stone, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Kevin Turpie, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Steven Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Stephen Maxwell, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John Woodward, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

12:20 PM

Measurements of Absolute, SI Traceable Lunar Irradiance with the Airborne LUnar Spectral Irradiance (air LUSI) Instrument

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

12:45 PM

FLARE Satellite/Airborne Calibration Network Performance & Validation Progress Report

Brandon Russell, Labsphere, Inc.
Jeff Holt, Labsphere, Inc.
Chris Durell, Labsphere, Inc.
David Conran, Rochester Institute of Technology
Stephen Schiller, Raytheon Technologies

1:35 PM

Transfer of Reflectance-Based Absolute Radiometric Calibration of GE01, WV02 and WV03 to WV04 using the Libya-4 Pseudo Invariant Calibration Site in an Empirical Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance Model

Michele A. Kuester, MAXAR
Tina Ochoa, MAXAR
Jared Jordan, MAXAR
Jeffrey Minor, MAXAR

2:00 PM

Reflective Engineered Diffusers for the Roman Space Telescope Simplified Relative Calibration System

Eric Frater, Ball Aerospace
Benjamin Cromey, Ball Aerospace
Timothy Finch, Ball Aerospace
Ray Wright, Ball Aerospace
Thomas Delker, Ball Aerospace

2:50 PM

Nonuniform Calibration Artifacts in OCO-2 & OCO-3

Robert Rosenberg, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech nia Institute of Technology
Lars Chapsky, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
David Crisp, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Jonathan Hobbs, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Graziela Keller, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Richard Lee, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Yuliya Marchetti, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Gary Spiers, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Annmarie Eldering, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Stephen Maxwell, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

3:15 PM

Preparation of the Calibration Baseline for Sentinel-2 Collection 1

Bahjat Alhammoud, ARGANS
Bruno Lafrance, CS Group
Carine Quang, CS Group
Sebastien Clerc, ACRI-ST
Jerome Louis, Telespazio France
Bringfried Pflug, DLR
Valentina Boccia, European Space Agency (ESA)

8:05 AM

The Radiometric Scaling and Stability Assessment of the MODIS and VIIRS Imagers to a Common Reference for the Next Edition of CERES Products

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)
Arun Gopalan, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)

8:30 AM

Sentinel-2/MSI and LANDSAT8/OLI Radiometry Intercomparison Using RadCalNet Dataset and DIMITRI-toolbox

B. Alhammoud, ARGANS
C. MacKenzie, ARGANS
S. Clerc, ACRI-ST
C. Quang, CS Group
B. Berthelot, Magellium
R. Q. Iannone, Rhea Group
V. Boccia, ESRIN
M. Bouvet, ESTEC

8:51 AM

Characterizing Inter-Sensor Calibration Radiometric Biases between SNPP and NOAA-20 OMPS Nadir Profiler (NP) Sensor Data Records by Using Hybrid Methodologies

Banghua Yan, NOAA/STAR/Satellite Calibration and Data Assimilation Branch (SCDAB)
Chunhui Pan, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
Ding Liang, Global Science Technologies INC.
Jingfeng Huang, Global Science Technologies INC; Science Systems and Applications INC
Junye Chen, Global Science Technologies INC; Science Systems and Applications INC
Trevor Beck, NOAA/STAR/Satellite Calibration and Data Assimilation Branch (SCDAB)
Steven Buckner, Global Science Technolgies INC
Xin Jin, Science Systems and Applications INC
Xiaozhen Xiong, NASA Langley Research Center

9:20 AM

SHARC Mission Operations, Spectro-Radiometric Calibration and Data Analysis

Gordon Scriven, Torch Technologies
Carey Scott, NASA Langley Research Center
Jesse Hayes, Torch Technologies
Jeff DeFelice, Torch Technologies
John Breen, Torch Technologies
Chelsea Brown, Torch Technologies
Jennifer Inman, NASA Langley Research Center
Robert Conn, NASA Langley Research Center
Chris Johnston, NASA Langley Research Center
Dinesh Prabhu, NASA Langley Research Center

9:45 AM

Radiometric Calibration of SkySats Using Near-Simultaneous Crossovers with Sentinel-2 over Calibration Sites

Hannah Bourne, Planet
Arin Jumpasut, Planet
Alan Collison, Planet

1:20 PM

Improving the Radiometric Calibration of the Heterogeneous Planet Dove Fleet

Alan Collison, Planet
Arin Jumpasut, Planet

1:45 PM

Radiometric Calibration of Aerocube 15 (Rogue-Alpha/Beta)

Jon Mauerhan, The Aerospace Corporation
Dee Pack, The Aerospace Corporation
John Santiago, The Aerospace Corporation
Brian Hardy, The Aerospace Corporation
Paul Zittel, The Aerospace Corporation

2:10 PM

Evaluating Radiometry within a Heterogenous Satellite Fleet

Michael Medford, Planet

2:35 PM

ACCURACy: Adaptive Calibration Of CubesatRadiometer Constellations

John Bradburn, University of Albany, SUNY
Mustafa Aksoy, University of Albany, SUNY
Henry Ashley, University of Albany, SUNY

3:00 PM

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

Paul Green, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Chris Baker, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Sean Devlin, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
William Kingett, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Nigel Fox, National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

8:05 AM

The Reduced Background Calibration Facility 2 for Infrared Detectors, Cameras and Sources

C. Monte, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
M. Reiniger, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
A. Adibekyan, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
C. Baltruschat, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
J. Bories, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
J. Gieseler, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
B. Gutschwager, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
R. Hafner, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
I. Muller, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
J. Hollandt, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

8:30 AM

Room Temperature The Self-Calibrating Dual-Mode Detector - Say Goodby to the Long Traceability Chain

Marit Ulset Nordsveen, Justervesenet (JV) - The Norwegian Metrology Service
Eivind Bardalen, University of South-Eastern Norway
Jarle Gran, Justervesenet (JV) - The Norwegian Metrology Service

8:51 AM

Lessons Learned from Operation of On On-Board Calibration Devices on Sentinel Sentinel-2 MSI and Sentinel Sentinel-3 OLCI

S. Clerc, ACRI-ST
L. Bourg, ACRI-ST

8:30 AM

Calibration Anomaly for GOES-17 ABI Infrared Images before Local Midnight

Fangfang Yu, University of Maryland, ESSIC/CISESS
Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Haifeng Qian, University of Maryland, ESSIC/CISESS
Jon Fulbright, Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc.

8:55 AM

Estimation of VIIRS On-Orbit TEB Response Versus Scan (RVS) and Calibration Offsets Using Pitch Maneuver Data

Wenhui Wang, CISESS/University of Maryland
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Slawomir Blonski, Global Science and Technology, Inc. (GST)

9:20 AM