TH3.L6: Calibration and Validation of S-NPP and GOES-R Instruments |
| Session Type: Oral |
| Time: Thursday, July 27, 13:40 - 15:20 |
| Location: Room 202 CD |
| Session Chairs: James Tilton, NASA, GSFC and Spencer Farrar, Aerospace Corp. |
| 13:40 - 14:00 |
| TH3.L6.1: ON-ORBIT MEASUREMENT OF THE FOCAL LENGTH OF THE SNPP VIIRS INSTRUMENT |
| James Tilton; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Robert Wolfe; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Guoqing (Gary) Lin; Science Systems and Applications, Inc. |
| Zhangshi (Albert) Yin; Science Systems and Applications, Inc. |
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
| TH3.L6.2: S-NPP VIIRS THERMAL EMISSIVE BAND THERMAL CALIBRATION ERRORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON BLACKBODY WARM UP AND COOL DOWN F FACTORS |
| David Moyer; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Frank De Luccia; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Gabriel Moy; The Aerospace Corporation |
| 14:20 - 14:40 |
| TH3.L6.3: DEVELOPMENT OF LEVEL 1B CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION READINESS, IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR GOES-R |
| David Kunkee; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Robert Farley; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Betty Kwan; The Aerospace Corporation |
| James Hecht; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Richard Walterscheid; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Seth Claudepierre; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Rebecca Bishop; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Lynette Gelinas; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Tamitha Skov; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Frank De Luccia; The Aerospace Corporation |
| 14:40 - 15:00 |
| TH3.L6.4: IMPROVEMENTS IN VIIRS REFLECTIVE BAND CALIBRATION ACCURACY AND STABILITY PROVIDED BY RSBAUTOCAL |
| Evan Haas; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Frank De Luccia; The Aerospace Corporation |
| 15:00 - 15:20 |
| TH3.L6.5: S-NPP VIIRS DAY-NIGHT BAND CALIBRATION AND STATUS UPDATE |
| Spencer Farrar; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Tim Wilkinson; The Aerospace Corporation |
| Frank De Luccia; The Aerospace Corporation |
