On-orbit lunar calibration compared with vicarious calibration for GOSAT
Abstract
JAXA's Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) is since 2009 in polar orbit to monitor greenhouse gases such as CO2 and CH4 from space. GOSAT consists of a Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TANSO-FTS) and a Cloud and Aerosol Imager (TANSO-CAI). The FTS has 3 polarized SWIR narrow bands and a TIR wide band. The FTS observes globally with gridded points of 10 km FOV using discrete pointing. The CAI carries 4 radiometers in the UV to SWIR with high spatial resolution of 0.5-1.5 km and a wide swath of 1000 km. In this study, we compare the lunar calibration results with the results of our annual vicarious calibration campaigns. For lunar calibrations, GOSAT observes a nearly full moon for the on-orbit radiometric calibration of the FTS SWIR bands and the CAI. Lunar calibrations are operated in April for investigation of continuous annual sensitivity trends and in July, corresponding to the annual Railroad Valley Cal/Val campaign. Since the 3rd year, lunar calibration has been planned to observe in a phase angle around 7 degrees to avoid the reflectance opposition surge in order to target the nearly-unchanged and brightest reflectance as a function of phase angle. The Railroad Valley vicarious calibration campaign is conducted by measuring the surface reflectance and atmospheric parameters coincident with a dedicated GOSAT target observation, to derive top-of-the-atmosphere radiance. The nadir surface reflectance is collected in 500x500 m areas corresponding to the CAI resolution. The off-nadir reflectance is obtained simultaneously with BRDF values, for correction. We will discuss the sensitivity study by comparison between the GOSAT lunar observation and the vicarious calibration.
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013AGUFM.A21G0159S
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- 0394 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE Instruments and techniques