Instrument-Specific Cal/Val
Cal/Val Programmes
Organisations & Cal/Val Facilities
Relevant Publications
INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION & VALIDATION information on major satellite missions, sensors and individual instrument calibration/validation CEOS Cal/Val Portal CEOS-IDN Sensors List a full alphabetical list of all sensors in the CEOS IDN Envisat Envisat Cal / Val Plan Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) ASAR Instrument Calibration MERIS MERIS Calibration Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) AATSR Validation Plan Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) Microwave Radiometer (MWR) RA/MWR Calibration & Validation Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography (SCIAMACHY) SCIAMACHY Calibration Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) MIPAS Calibration Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars (GOMOS) EOS-AM Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Aster Validation Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) CERES Validation Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) MISR Calibration MISR Validation Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MODIS) MODIS Calibration Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) EOS-AURA EOS-AURA validation programme ERS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) SAR Performance SAR Documentation Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) ATSR Documentation Radar Altimeter Altimeter Performance Altimeter Documentation Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) GOME Performance GOME Documentation IRS-P3 Modular Optoelectronic Scanner (MOS) MOS Calibration Japanese Earth Resources Satellite -1 (JERS-1) Optical Sensor Synthetic Aperture Radar Calibration and Validation NOAA - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) NOAA Calibration Information Earth Radiation Budget Experiment ERBE Instrument Calibration Team Links to NOAA sites detailing the calibration of the various instruments are as follows: Calibration of MSU Calibration of AMSU Calibration of GOES Imager and Sounder Calibration of AVHRR Vis/NIR Channels Also: http://orbit35i.nesdis.noaa.gov/crad/ict/nrao02.txt http://orbit35i.nesdis.noaa.gov/crad/ict/nrao01.txt There are no dedicated Web pages to the calibration of HIRS or the infrared channels of the AVHRR. However, information on these can be found in the polar orbiter users guides: TIROS-N, NOAA-6, -7, ...-14 NOAA-KLM Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) Radarsat Radarsat SAR Radarsat Calibration - Canadian Data Processing Facility Radarsat Calibration SeaStar SeaWiFS SeaWiFS Calibration and Validation Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Precipitation Radar TRMM Validation
CAL / VAL PROGRAMMES EOS Calibration Program (NASA) EOS Validation Program (NASA) ESA Earth Sciences Division Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program ORGANISATIONS & CAL / VAL FACILITIES Alaska SAR Facility Australian Centre for Test and Evaluation International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory U Mass Amherst NASA's Cal/Val work is coordinated through the Goddard Space Flight Center. Of particular interest may be: Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Atmospheric Chemistry calibration laboratory facility Related cal/val servers are listed at: http://spso.gsfc.nasa.gov/calval/index.html RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Validation of Backscatter Models for Interpretation of Microwave Signatures Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) Indirect Calibration of Visible-Wavelength Channels of Imaging Satellite Radiometers
EOS Calibration Program (NASA) EOS Validation Program (NASA) ESA Earth Sciences Division Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
ORGANISATIONS & CAL / VAL FACILITIES Alaska SAR Facility Australian Centre for Test and Evaluation International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory U Mass Amherst NASA's Cal/Val work is coordinated through the Goddard Space Flight Center. Of particular interest may be: Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Atmospheric Chemistry calibration laboratory facility Related cal/val servers are listed at: http://spso.gsfc.nasa.gov/calval/index.html RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Validation of Backscatter Models for Interpretation of Microwave Signatures Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) Indirect Calibration of Visible-Wavelength Channels of Imaging Satellite Radiometers
Alaska SAR Facility Australian Centre for Test and Evaluation International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory U Mass Amherst NASA's Cal/Val work is coordinated through the Goddard Space Flight Center. Of particular interest may be: Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Atmospheric Chemistry calibration laboratory facility Related cal/val servers are listed at: http://spso.gsfc.nasa.gov/calval/index.html
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Validation of Backscatter Models for Interpretation of Microwave Signatures Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) Indirect Calibration of Visible-Wavelength Channels of Imaging Satellite Radiometers
Validation of Backscatter Models for Interpretation of Microwave Signatures Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System (CERES) Indirect Calibration of Visible-Wavelength Channels of Imaging Satellite Radiometers
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Instrument-Specific Cal/Val