Geometric effects in SeaWiFS lunar observations

Robert E. Eplee Jr.; Frederick S. Patt; Gerhard Meister

doi:10.1117/12.2185939

8 September 2015 Geometric effects in SeaWiFS lunar observations

Robert E. Eplee Jr., Frederick S. Patt, Gerhard Meister

Proceedings Volume 9607, Earth Observing Systems XX; 960704 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2185939
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The radiometric stability requirements for ocean color climate data records place tight constraints on the onorbit calibration of ocean color instruments. A major component of the on-orbit calibration methodology for NASA ocean color sensors is the normalization of lunar observations for variations in observing geometry by the USGS ROLO photometric model of the Moon. SeaWiFS made 204 lunar observations over its 13-year mission. 145 radiometric trending observations were made at low phase angles (-8° to -6° and +5° to +10°). 59 additional observations were made at high phase angles (-49° to -27° and +27° to +66° degrees). The NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group has undertaken a reanalysis of residual geometric effects in the SeaWiFS lunar observations. Ratios of SeaWiFS observations to ROLO model predictions were fit with quadratic functions of phase angle and linear functions of sub-spacecraft point and sub-solar point libration longitude and latitude angles. The resulting phase and libration fit coefficients have been used as additional geometric corrections for the SeaWiFS lunar observations. For the low phase angle observations, the phase corrections are 0.16% and the libration corrections are 0.18%. For the low and high phase angle observations, the phase corrections are 1.8% and the libration corrections are 0.22%. These geometric corrections have reduced the overall scatter in the lunar observations, bringing the high phase angle data into family with the low phase angle measurements without impacting the radiometric response in the low phase angle observations.

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Robert E. Eplee Jr., Frederick S. Patt, and Gerhard Meister "Geometric effects in SeaWiFS lunar observations", Proc. SPIE 9607, Earth Observing Systems XX, 960704 (8 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2185939

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Calibration

Data modeling

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Instrument modeling

Radiometric corrections

Climate change

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