Landsat-8 TIRS radiometric calibration status

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Barsi ◽  
Brian L. Markham ◽  
Matthew Montanaro ◽  
Simon Hook ◽  
Nina Raqueño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration

scholarly journals Evaluation of an Extended PICS (EPICS) for Calibration and Stability Monitoring of Optical Satellite Sensors

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 1755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Nahid Hasan ◽  
Mahesh Shrestha ◽  
Larry Leigh ◽  
Dennis Helder
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Frequency ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Temporal Uncertainty ◽  
Initial Attempt ◽  
Stability Monitoring ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Satellite Sensors ◽  
The Impact

Pseudo Invariant Calibration Sites (PICS) have been increasingly used as an independent data source for on-orbit radiometric calibration and stability monitoring of optical satellite sensors. Generally, this would be a small region of land that is extremely stable in time and space, predominantly found in North Africa. Use of these small regions, referred to as traditional PICS, can be limited by: (i) the spatial extent of an individual Region of Interest (ROI) and/or site; (ii) and the frequency of how often the site can be acquired, based on orbital patterns and cloud cover at the site, both impacting the time required to construct a richly populated temporal dataset. This paper uses a new class of continental scaled PICS clusters (also known as Extended PICS or EPICS), to demonstrate their capability in increasing temporal frequency of the calibration time series which ultimately allows calibration and stability assessment at a much finer scale compared to the traditional PICS-based method while also reducing any single location’s potential impact to the overall assessment. The use of EPICS as a calibration site was evaluated using data from Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI), Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), and Sentinel-2A&B Multispectral Instrument (MSI) images at their full spatial resolutions. Initial analysis suggests that EPICS, at its full potential and with nominal cloud consideration, can significantly decrease the temporal revisit interval of moderate resolution sensors to as much as of 0.33 day (3 collects/day). A traditional PICS is expected to have a temporal uncertainty (defined as the ratio of temporal standard deviation and temporal mean) of 2–5% for TOA reflectance. Over the same time period EPICS produced a temporal uncertainty of 3%. But the advantage to be leveraged is the ability to detect sensor change quicker due to the denser dataset and reduce the impact of any potential ‘local’ changes. Moreover, this approach can be extended to any on-orbit sensor. An initial attempt to quantify the minimum detectable change (a threshold slope value which must be exceeded by the reflectance trend to be considered statistically significant) suggests that the use of EPICS can decrease the time period up to approximately half of that found using traditional PICS-based approach.

Landsat-8 operational land imager on-orbit radiometric calibration and stability

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. Markham ◽  
Julia A. Barsi ◽  
Edward Kaita ◽  
Lawrence Ong ◽  
Md. O. Haque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration

scholarly journals Imager-to-radiometer inflight cross calibration: RSP radiometric comparison with airborne and satellite sensors

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 10361-10386
Author(s):  
J. McCorkel ◽  
B. Cairns ◽  
A. Wasilewski
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Imaging Spectrometer ◽  
Airborne Measurements ◽  
Satellite Sensors ◽  
Cross Calibration ◽  
Spectrometer Data ◽  
Spectral Channels

Abstract. This work develops a method to compare the radiometric calibration between a radiometer and imagers hosted on aircraft and satellites. The radiometer is the airborne Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) that takes multi-angle, photo-polarimetric measurements in several spectral channels. The RSP measurements used in this work were coincident with measurements made by the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS), which was on the same aircraft. These airborne measurements were also coincident with an overpass of the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI). First we compare the RSP and OLI radiance measurements to AVIRIS since the spectral response of the multispectral instruments can be used to synthesize a spectrally equivalent signal from the imaging spectrometer data. We then explore a method that uses AVIRIS as a transfer between RSP and OLI to show that radiometric traceability of a satellite-based imager can be used to calibrate a radiometer despite differences in spectral channel sensitivities. This calibration transfer shows agreement within the uncertainty of both the various instruments for most spectral channels.

scholarly journals ABSOLUTE RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION OF THE GÖKTÜRK-2 SATELLITE SENSOR USING TUZ GÖLÜ (LANDNET SITE) FROM NDVI PERSPECTIVE

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B1 ◽  
pp. 373-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ufuk Sakarya ◽  
İsmail Hakkı Demirhan ◽  
Hüsne Seda Deveci ◽  
Mustafa Teke ◽  
Can Demirkesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Hyperspectral Data ◽  
Experimental Comparison ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Cross Calibration ◽  
Satellite Sensor

TÜBİTAK UZAY has conducted a research study on the use of space-based satellite resources for several aspects of agriculture. Especially, there are two precision agriculture related projects: HASSAS (Widespread application of sustainable precision agriculture practices in Southeastern Anatolia Project Region (GAP) Project) and AKTAR (Smart Agriculture Feasibility Project). The HASSAS project aims to study development of precision agriculture practice in GAP region. Multi-spectral satellite imagery and aerial hyperspectral data along with ground measurements was collected to analyze data in an information system. AKTAR aims to develop models for irrigation, fertilization and spectral signatures of crops in Inner Anatolia. By the end of the project precision agriculture practices to control irrigation, fertilization, pesticide and estimation of crop yield will be developed. Analyzing the phenology of crops using NDVI is critical for the projects. For this reason, absolute radiometric calibration of the Red and NIR bands in space-based satellite sensors is an important issue. The Göktürk-2 satellite is an earth observation satellite which was designed and built in Turkey and was launched in 2012. The Göktürk-2 satellite sensor has a resolution 2.5 meters in panchromatic and 5 meters in R/G/B/NIR bands. The absolute radiometric calibration of the Göktürk-2 satellite sensor was performed via the ground-based measurements - spectra-radiometer, sun photometer, and meteorological station- in Tuz Gölü cal/val site in 2015. In this paper, the first ground-based absolute radiometric calibration results of the Göktürk-2 satellite sensor using Tuz Gölü is demonstrated. The absolute radiometric calibration results of this paper are compared with the published cross-calibration results of the Göktürk-2 satellite sensor utilizing Landsat 8 imagery. According to the experimental comparison results, the Göktürk-2 satellite sensor coefficients for red and NIR bands estimated in this work sustained to agree within 2% of calibration coefficients estimated in the cross-calibration results.

scholarly journals IMAGENS DO LANDSAT- 8 NO MAPEAMENTO DE SUPERFÍCIES EM ÁREA IRRIGADA

Irriga ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
JANNAYLTON EVERTON OLIVIERA SANTOS ◽  
Donizeti Aparecido Pastori Nicolete ◽  
Roberto Filgueiras ◽  
Victor Costa Leda ◽  
Célia Regina Lopes Zimback
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Atmospheric Correction ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Estimation Of Parameters ◽  
Irrigated Area ◽  
Dark Object ◽  
Center Pivot

IMAGENS DO LANDSAT- 8 NO MAPEAMENTO DE SUPERFÍCIES EM ÁREA IRRIGADA  JANNAYLTON ÉVERTON OLIVEIRA SANTOS¹; DONIZETI APARECIDO PASTORI NICOLETE¹; ROBERTO FILGUEIRAS¹; VICTOR COSTA LEDA² E CÉLIA REGINA LOPES ZIMBACK¹ [1] Departamento de Ciência do Solo e Recursos Ambientais da UNESP - campus Botucatu – SP,Programa de Irrigação e Drenagem UNESP/FCA. Email:[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Departamento de Ciência do Solo e Recursos Ambientais da UNESP - campus Botucatu – SP, Programa de Energia na agricultura UNESP/FCA. Email: [email protected]  1 RESUMO O trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os parâmetros NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) e SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) para dois períodos, chuvoso e seco, em área irrigada. A área de estudo apresenta constante expansão na irrigação por pivô central, sendo localizada nas proximidades do município de Paranapanema – SP. As imagens foram processadas utilizando o programa QGIS 2.2. Para a obtenção dos índices realizou-se a calibração radiométrica, que consiste na transformação dos números digitais para correspondentes físicos, radiância e reflectância, e correção atmosférica por meio do método DOS 1 (Dark Object Substraction). Após os processamentos computou-se os índices de vegetação, os quais deram subsídio para o monitoramento das culturas agrícolas nos diferentes manejos (irrigado e sequeiro) e épocas de análise (chuvoso e seco). Como auxílio para o monitoramento das áreas, fusionou-se uma composição RGB 432, com a banda pancromática, o que permitiu uma pré-análise das condições e dos tipos de uso do solo na área de estudo. As cartas obtidas de NDVI e SAVI permitiram inferir sobre as condições fisiológicas e estádios fenológicos da vegetação nos diferentes usos do solo. No período de estiagem os índices médios obtiveram valores inferiores ao do período chuvoso, tendo isto ocorrido, principalmente, devido as condições de estresse hídrico característico da época. Desse modo, o cômputo dos parâmetros para a área de estudo foram de extrema valia na análise das condições da vegetação nos diferentes cenários, pois por meio desses foi possível inferir sobre as diferenças encontradas nos períodos e nos diferentes usos do solo, o que auxilia os agricultores em tomadas de decisão com relação ao manejo de suas áreas, no que tange as questões relacionadas a necessidades hídrica das culturas.Palavras-chave: Sensoriamento remoto, monitoramento agrícola, pivô central.  SANTOS, J. E. O.; NICOLETE, D. A. P.; FILGUEIRAS, R.; LEDA, V. C.; ZIMBACK, C. R. L.IMAGES OF LANDSAT-8 TO MONITOR THE SURFACES ON IRRIGATED AREA    2 ABSTRACT The study aims to analyze NDVI (Difference Vegetation Index Normalized) and SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) for two periods (rainy and dry) on irrigated area. The study area has constant expansion on irrigation center pivot, it is located near the Paranapanema ­- SP county. For this study we used two images of Landsat ­8 orbital platform. The images were processed using QGIS 2.2 program. To obtain the indexes, it was held radiometric calibration, which is the transformation of digital numbers in corresponding physical, radiance and reflectance, and atmospheric correction using the DOS method (Dark Object Substraction). These procedures were performed on semi automatic classification plugin. After appropriate calibrations and corrections, it were computed the vegetation indexes. These gave allowance for monitoring agricultural crops in different management systems (irrigated and rainfed) and analysis of seasons (wet and dry). As an aid for monitoring areas, we merged a RGB ­432 composition, with a panchromatic band. This product allowed a pre - analysis of conditions and types of land use in the study area. The maps obtained from NDVI and SAVI, allowed to infer about the physiological conditions and growth stages vegetation in different land uses. During the dry season, we found average rates which has lower values than the rainy season. This occurred, mainly, due to water stress conditions, which is characteristic of that season. Thus, the estimation of parameters for the study area were extremely valuable in analysis of vegetation conditions, on different scenarios, because through these, became possible to infer about the differences in seasons analized and different land uses. Then, these analisys served as an aid for farmers in decision­ making, regard the management of their areas, which is related to water requirements of crops. Keywords: Remote sensing, agriculture monitoring, center pivot.

scholarly journals Radiometric calibration of a non-imaging airborne spectrometer to measure the Greenland ice sheet surface

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1913-1933
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Crawford ◽  
Jeannette van den Bosch ◽  
Kelly M. Brunt ◽  
Milton G. Hom ◽  
John W. Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Greenland Ice Sheet ◽  
Spectral Irradiance ◽  
Spectral Radiance ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Bare Rock ◽  
Sheet Surface

Abstract. Methods to radiometrically calibrate a non-imaging airborne visible-to-shortwave infrared (VSWIR) spectrometer to measure the Greenland ice sheet surface are presented. Airborne VSWIR measurement performance for bright Greenland ice and dark bare rock/soil targets is compared against the MODerate resolution atmospheric TRANsmission (MODTRAN®) radiative transfer code (version 6.0), and a coincident Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) acquisition on 29 July 2015 during an in-flight radiometric calibration experiment. Airborne remote sensing flights were carried out in northwestern Greenland in preparation for the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2) laser altimeter mission. A total of nine science flights were conducted over the Greenland ice sheet, sea ice, and open-ocean water. The campaign's primary purpose was to correlate green laser pulse penetration into snow and ice with spectroscopic-derived surface properties. An experimental airborne instrument configuration that included a nadir-viewing (looking downward at the surface) non-imaging Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) Inc. spectrometer that measured upwelling VSWIR (0.35 to 2.5 µm) spectral radiance (Wm-2sr-1µm-1) in the two-color Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-Counting Lidar's (SIMPL) ground instantaneous field of view, and a zenith-viewing (looking upward at the sky) ASD spectrometer that measured VSWIR spectral irradiance (W m−2 nm−1) was flown. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) traceable radiometric calibration procedures for laboratory, in-flight, and field environments are described in detail to achieve a targeted VSWIR measurement requirement of within 5 % to support calibration/validation efforts and remote sensing algorithm development. Our MODTRAN predictions for the 29 July flight line over dark and bright targets indicate that the airborne nadir-viewing spectrometer spectral radiance measurement uncertainty was between 0.6 % and 4.7 % for VSWIR wavelengths (0.4 to 2.0 µm) with atmospheric transmittance greater than 80 %. MODTRAN predictions for Landsat 8 OLI relative spectral response functions suggest that OLI is measuring 6 % to 16 % more top-of-atmosphere (TOA) spectral radiance from the Greenland ice sheet surface than was predicted using apparent reflectance spectra from the nadir-viewing spectrometer. While more investigation is required to convert airborne VSWIR spectral radiance into atmospherically corrected airborne surface reflectance, it is expected that airborne science flight data products will contribute to spectroscopic determination of Greenland ice sheet surface optical properties to improve understanding of their potential influence on ICESat-2 measurements.

scholarly journals Radiometric Cross-Calibration of GF-1 PMS Sensor with a New BRDF Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiyue Liu ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
Hailiang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Calibration Method ◽  
Reference Image ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Quantitative Remote Sensing ◽  
Calibration Accuracy ◽  
The Cross ◽  
One Year ◽  
Cross Calibration

On-orbit radiometric calibration of a space-borne sensor is of great importance for quantitative remote sensing applications. Cross-calibration is a common method with high calibration accuracy, and the core and emphasis of this method is to select the appropriate reference satellite sensor. As for the cross-calibration of high-spatial resolution and narrow-swath sensor, however, there are some scientific issues, such as large observation angles of reference image, and non-synchronization (or quasi-synchronization) between the imaging date of reference image and the date of sensor to be calibrated, which affects the accuracy of cross-calibration to a certain degree. Therefore, taking the GaoFen-1 (GF-1) Panchromatic and Multi-Spectral (PMS) sensor as an example in this research, an innovative radiometric cross-calibration method is proposed to overcome this bottleneck. Firstly, according a set of criteria, valid MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imagine Spectroradiometer) images of sunny day in one year over the Dunhuang radiometric calibration site in China are extracted, and a new and distinctive bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model based on top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance and imaging angles of the sunny day MODIS images is constructed. Subsequently, the cross-calibration of PMS sensor at Dunhuang and Golmud radiation calibration test sites is carried out by using the method presented in this paper, taking the MODIS image with large solar and observation angles and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) with different dates from PMS as reference. The validation results of the calibration coefficients indicate that our proposed method can acquire high calibration accuracy, and the total calibration uncertainties of PMS using MODIS as reference sensor are less than 6%.

scholarly journals RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION OF LANDSAT-8 OLI AND SENTINEL-2 MSI IMAGES FOR WATER QUALITY MODELLING OF LAGUNA LAKE, PHILIPPINES

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W19 ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
E. V. Gubatanga Jr ◽  
A. C. Blanco ◽  
C. H. Lin ◽  
B. Y. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Reference Image ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Radiometric Calibration ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
Laguna Lake ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Sentinel 2

Abstract. Regular monitoring of water quality in Laguna Lake is important for it supports aquaculture and provides water supply for Metro Manila. Remote sensing makes it possible to monitor the spectral conditions of the lake on a regular time interval and with complete coverage except for the areas with cloud and shadow cover. Along with in-situ water quality measurements, bio-optical models can be developed to determine the relationship between spectral and bio-optical properties of the lake water and consequently enables the estimation of water quality through remote sensing. However, radiometric calibration is needed to minimize the effects of the changing atmospheric conditions over time and to account for the difference in sensors (e.g., Landsat-8 OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI) used for water quality assessment. Canonical correlation analysis is used to detect pseudo-invariant features (PIFs), which are ground objects that do not dramatically vary in spectral properties over time. Road surface and other large man-made infrastructures are the commonly detected PIFs. These PIFs are used to compute for the parameters used to normalize reflectance values of remotely-sensed images obtained on different dates and using different sensors. The normalization resulted to a reduction of difference in reflectance values between the reference image and the adjusted image, though not marginal. This is due to the use of a linear equation to adjust the image, which limits the ability of the reflectance values of the image to fit to the values of the reference image.

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