Two nearly identical MODIS instruments are currently operated on-orbit: one on-board the EOS Terra spacecraft launched in December 1999 and the other on-board the Aqua spacecraft launched in May 2002. Both sensors went through extensive pre-launch calibration and characterization activities that had provided many critically important parameters and sensor characteristics in support of their on-orbit operation and calibration. On-orbit each MODIS instrument is calibrated and characterized via a set of on-board calibrators (OBC) that include a solar diffuser (SD), a solar diffuser stability monitor (SDSM), a blackbody (BB), and a spectroradiometric calibration assembly (SRCA). This paper provides an overview of MODIS calibration and characterization methodologies and measurements performed, pre-launch and on-orbit, for both the reflective solar bands (RSB) and thermal emissive bands (TEB). It discusses issues on the calibration transfer from ground to on-board and from pre-launch to on-orbit, and illustrates the calibration consistency between Terra and Aqua MODIS. Examples in three key areas, radiometric, spatial, and spectral, are presented. Also addressed in the paper are the challenges and lessons learned during MODIS pre-launch and on-orbit calibration and performance.


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    Title :

    MODIS Pre-launch and On-orbit Calibration


    Contributors:
    Xiong, X. (author) / Barnes, W. L. (author) / Guenther, B. (author)

    Conference:

    CALCON Technical Conference 2007 ; 2007 ; Logan, UT, United States


    Publication date :

    2007-09-10


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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