Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS
Following the success of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments currently operating onboard the Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21 spacecraft, preparations are underway for the final two VIIRS instruments for the Joint Polar Satellite System 3 (JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) platforms. T...
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| description | Following the success of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments currently operating onboard the Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21 spacecraft, preparations are underway for the final two VIIRS instruments for the Joint Polar Satellite System 3 (JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) platforms. To that end, each instrument underwent a comprehensive sensor-level test campaign at the Raytheon Technologies, El Segundo facility, in both ambient and thermal-vacuum environments. Unique among the 22 VIIRS sensing bands is the day-night band (DNB)—a panchromatic imager that leverages multiple CCD detectors set at different gain levels to make continuous (day and night) radiometric observations of the Earth. The results from the JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 VIIRS DNB pre-launch testing are presented and compared against the design specifications in this paper. Characterization parameters include dark offset, gain, linearity, uniformity, SNR, and uncertainty. Performance relative to past builds is also included where appropriate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-62a5a46ed10c458ea46e518a22ec8cff2025-08-20T03:08:59ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922025-03-01177111110.3390/rs17071111Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRSDaniel Link0Thomas Schwarting1Amit Angal2Xiaoxiong Xiong3Science Systems and Applications Inc., 10210 Greenbelt Road, Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications Inc., 10210 Greenbelt Road, Lanham, MD 20706, USAScience Systems and Applications Inc., 10210 Greenbelt Road, Lanham, MD 20706, USASciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USAFollowing the success of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments currently operating onboard the Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21 spacecraft, preparations are underway for the final two VIIRS instruments for the Joint Polar Satellite System 3 (JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) platforms. To that end, each instrument underwent a comprehensive sensor-level test campaign at the Raytheon Technologies, El Segundo facility, in both ambient and thermal-vacuum environments. Unique among the 22 VIIRS sensing bands is the day-night band (DNB)—a panchromatic imager that leverages multiple CCD detectors set at different gain levels to make continuous (day and night) radiometric observations of the Earth. The results from the JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 VIIRS DNB pre-launch testing are presented and compared against the design specifications in this paper. Characterization parameters include dark offset, gain, linearity, uniformity, SNR, and uncertainty. Performance relative to past builds is also included where appropriate.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/7/1111JPSSVIIRSDNBpre-launch |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Link Thomas Schwarting Amit Angal Xiaoxiong Xiong Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS Remote Sensing JPSS VIIRS DNB pre-launch |
| title | Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS |
| title_full | Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS |
| title_fullStr | Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS |
| title_short | Pre-Launch Day-Night Band Radiometric Performance of JPSS-3 and -4 VIIRS |
| title_sort | pre launch day night band radiometric performance of jpss 3 and 4 viirs |
| topic | JPSS VIIRS DNB pre-launch |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/7/1111 |
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