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System Vicarious Calibration requirements for satellite ocean colour missions targeting climate and global long-term operational applications

June 24, 2024
Author(s)
B. Carol Johnson, Giuseppe Zibordi, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Kenneth Voss, Frederic Melin, David Antoine, Menghua Wang, Shuguo Chen, Constant Mazeran, Brian Barnes, Jee-Eun Min
System Vicarious Calibration (SVC) is the technique that maximizes the accuracy of satellite ocean colour data products by minimizing the impact of inaccuracies affecting the absolute radiometric calibration of the space sensor and the atmospheric

Improved shadow correction for the Marine Optical BuoY, MOBY

October 11, 2021
Author(s)
Kenneth Voss, Edouard Leymarie, Stephanie Flora, B. Carol Johnson, Arthur Gleason, Mark Yarbrough, Michael Feinholz, Terrance Houlihan
A 3-D instrument self-shading correction has been developed for the MOBY upwelling radiance measurements. This correction was tested using the 23 year time series of MOBY measurements, at the Lanai, Hawaii site. The correction is small (less than 2%)

Characterization and Absolute Calibration of an AERONET-OC Radiometer

April 15, 2021
Author(s)
B. Carol Johnson, Giuseppe Zibordi, Steven W. Brown, Michael Feinholz, Mikhail Sorokin, Ilya Slutsker, John T. Woodward IV, Howard Yoon
The Ocean Color component of the global Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET-OC) utilizes CE-318 sun photometers modified for above-water radiometry from fixed structures such as oil rigs, lighthouses, and service platforms. Primarily, AERONET-OC measurements

Chapter 3: Calibration and Characterization of Optical Radiometers

December 1, 2019
Author(s)
Giuseppe Zibordi, Kenneth Voss, B. Carol Johnson, James Mueller
Procedures for calibrating and characterizing optical radiometers, including the determination of characteristics peculiar to underwater sensors, are presented in this chapter. The characterizations are considered essential to verify the compliance with

A review of protocols for Fiducial Reference Measurements of water-leaving radiance for validation of satellite remote sensing data over water

September 20, 2019
Author(s)
Kevin Ruddick, Emmanuel Boss, Alexandre Castagna, Robert Frouin, Alex Gilerson, Martin Hieronymi, B. Carol Johnson, Joel Kuusk, Zhongping Lee, Michael Ondrusek, Viktor Vabson, Riho Vendt, Kenneth Voss, Giuseppe Zibordi
This paper reviews the state of the art of protocols for measurement of water-leaving radiance in the context of Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) of water reflectance for satellite validation. Measurement of water reflectance requires the measurement

A review of protocols for Fiducial Reference Measurements of downwelling irradiance for validation of satellite remote sensing data over water

July 24, 2019
Author(s)
Kevin Ruddick, Andrew Banks, Emmanuel Boss, Alexandre Castagna, Robert Frouin, Martin Hieronymi, Cedric Jamet, B. Carol Johnson, Zhongping Lee, Michael Ondrusek, Viktor Vabson, Riho Vendt, Kenneth Voss, Giuseppe Zibordi
This paper reviews the state of the art of protocols for measurement of downwelling irradiance in the context of Fiducial Reference Measurements (FRM) of water reflectance for satellite validation. Measurement of water reflectance requires the measurement

Report for Dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise May 2018

May 31, 2019
Author(s)
Michael Ondrusek, Veronica P. Lance, Menghua Wang, Eric Stengel, Charles Kovach, Robert Arnone, Sherwin Ladner, Wesley Goode, Ahmed El-Habashi, Carlos Carrizo, Eder Herrera, Sam Ahmed, Joaquim I. Goes, Helga de Rosario Gomes, Kali McKee, Chuanmin Hu, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Yingjun Zhang, Chih-Wei Huang, David English, B. Carol Johnson, Zhongping Lee, Xiaolong Yu, Zhehai Shang, Nicholas Tufillaro, Ivan Lalovic, Kenneth Voss
The overall aim of the annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dedicated Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ocean color calibration/validation cruises is to support improvements in

Uncertainty in global downwelling plane irradiance estimates from sintered polytetra fluoroethylene plaque radiance measurements

May 20, 2019
Author(s)
Alexandre Castagna, B. Carol Johnson, Kenneth Voss, Heidi M. Dierssen, Heather Patrick, Thomas Germer, Zhehai Shang
Global downwelling plane irradiance is a necessary variable to normalize the water-leaving radiance measurements, reducing the magnitude and spectral variabilities introduced by the incident light field. As a result, the normalized measurements, known as

The Metrological Basis for MOBY

December 20, 2018
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson
The Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) is a primary source of data for System Vicarious Calibration (SVC) of ocean color satellite sensors. I will present brief introduction to SVC followed by a short history of MOBY and the main features of its instrumentation

Report for Dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise October 2016

October 2, 2017
Author(s)
Michael Ondrusek, Veronica P. Lance, Menghua Wang, Charles Kovach, Wesley Goode, Alex Gilerson, Sam Ahmed, Ahmed El-Habashi, Robert Foster, Matteo Ottaviani, Joaquim I. Goes, Helga de Rosario Gomes, Kali McKee, Joo Won Kang, Chuanmin Hu, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Shaojie Sun, David English, B. Carol Johnson, Zhongping Lee, Junfang Lin, Nicholas Tufillaro, Ivan Lalovic, Jasmine Nahorniak, Curtiss Davis, Mike Twardowski, Nicole Stockley, Kenneth Voss
The overall aim of the annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dedicated Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ocean color calibration/validation (cal/val) cruises is to support

A method to extrapolate the diffuse upwelling radiance attenuation coefficient to the surface as applied to the Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY)

June 30, 2017
Author(s)
Kenneth Voss, Howard Gordon, Stephanie J. Flora, B. Carol Johnson, Mark A. Yarbrough, Michael Feinholz, Terrance Houlihan
The upwelling radiance attenuation coefficient (KLu) in the upper 10 m of the water column can be significantly influenced by inelastic scattering processes, and thus will vary even with homogeneous water properties. The Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY), the

Immersion coefficient for the Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) radiance collectors

June 28, 2017
Author(s)
Michael Feinholz, B. Carol Johnson, Kenneth Voss, Mark A. Yarbrough, Stephanie J. Flora
The immersion coefficient accounts for the difference in calibration for a radiometer placed in the air versus water or another medium. The immersion coefficient for the radiance collectors on the Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) were modeled and measured. The

MOBY Review at Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Ocean Color, Frascati, Italy, Feb 21 to 23, 2017

March 13, 2017
Author(s)
Kenneth Voss, B. Carol Johnson, Mark A. Yarbrough, Stephanie J. Flora, Michael Feinholz, Darryl Peters, Terrance Houlihan, Sean Mundell, Sandy Yarbrough, Art Gleason
This talk provided an overview of the MOBY project and the work we are doing now to move the MOBY instrumentation forward into the future. This is the first of 4 talks we gave at this workshop on various aspects of the MOBY project. The values of the MOBY

Radiometric Metrology for Ocean Color

March 13, 2017
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson
This talk covered the topics of uncertainty terminology (in brief), radiometric comparisons, gave an illustration of a spectral radiance scale realization, and concluded with a word on satellite system vicarious calibration (SVC).

Preflight Radiometric Calibration of Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2

January 9, 2017
Author(s)
Stephen Maxwell, B. Carol Johnson, Robert Rosenberg, Lars Chapsky, Richard A. Lee, Randy Pollock
This paper describes the prelaunch radiometric calibration of the imaging spectrometers used on the second Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2). The gain and dark response were characterized for each focal plane array detector element. An integrating sphere

Report for Dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise December 2015

October 30, 2016
Author(s)
Michael Ondrusek, Veronica P. Lance, Eric Stengel, Menghua Wang, Zhongping Lee, Jianwei Wei, Junfang Lin, Chuanmin Hu, Charles Kovach, David English, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Alex Gilerson, Sam Ahmed, Carlos Carrizo, Ahmed El-Habashi, Robert Foster, Matteo Ottaviani, Robert Arnone, Sherwin Ladner, Wesley Goode, Ryan Vandermeulen, Nicholas Tufillaro, Jasmine Nahorniak, Curtiss Davis, Joaquim I. Goes, Kali McKee, Scott Freeman, Joaquin E. Chaves Cedeno, Kenneth Voss, B. Carol Johnson

Validating In-Air Remote Sensing Reflectance Measurements During Cruises Using Reflectance Targets

October 25, 2016
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Catherine C. Cooksey, Ahmed El-Habashi, David English, Georgi T. Georgiev, Sherwin Ladner, Veronica P. Lance, Michael Ondrusek, Ryan Vandermeulen
Annual dedicated ocean color validation cruises off the East Coast of the USA were started in November 2014 with support from the NOAA office of Marine and Air Operations with primary focus on VIIRS/SNPP and upcoming JPSS missions. A portion of the

Report for Dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise

September 10, 2015
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Michael Ondrusek, Eric Stengel, Veronica P. Lance, Menghua Wang, Kenneth Voss, Giuseppe Zibordi, Marco Talone, Zhongping Lee, Jianwei Wei, Junfang Lin, Chuanmin Hu, David English, Charles Kovach, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Alex Gilerson, Sam Ahmed, Amir Ibrahim, Ahmed El-Habashi, Robert Foster, Robert Arnone, Ryan Vandermeulen, Sherwin Ladner, Wesley Goode, Joaquim I. Goes, Helga de Rosario Gomes, Kali McKee, Scott Freeman, Aimee Neeley
The purpose of this cruise aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster was to collect in situ optical and ancillary data for validation of JPSS VIIRS satellite ocean color radiometry and derived products [Wang et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2014]. The project interval

CALIBRATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A SEAPRISM RADIOMETER FOR AERONET-OC

June 19, 2015
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Steven W. Brown, John T. Woodward IV, Keith R. Lykke, Giuseppe Zibordi
The global Aerosol Robotic Network for Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) program utilizes AERONET CE-318 sun photometers (termed “SeaPRISMs”) modified for in-air observations of ocean waters situated on oil drilling rigs, off-shore lighthouses, or other platforms

Dedicated NOAA/JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise

June 12, 2015
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Michael Ondrusek, Eric Stengel, Veronica P. Lance, Menghua Wang, Kenneth Voss, Giuseppe Zibordi, Marko Talone, Zhongping Lee, Jianwei Wei, Junfang Lin, Chuanmin Hu, David English, Charles Kovach, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Alex Gilerson, Sam Ahmed, Ahmed El-Habashi, Robert Foster, Robert Arnone, Ryan Vandermeulen, Sherwin Ladner, Wesley Goode, Joaquim I. Goes, Helga de Rosario Gomes, Alex Chekalyuk, Kali McKee, Scott Freeman, Aimee Neeley, Amir Ibrahim
The NOAA/STAR Ocean Color team is focused on “end-to-end” production of ocean color satellite products. In situ validation of satellite data is essential to producing the high-quality products required and expected by the international ocean color remote

System Vicarious Calibration for Ocean Color Climate Change Applications: Requirements for In Situ Data

March 15, 2015
Author(s)
Giuseppe Zibordi, Frederic Melin, Kenneth Voss, B. Carol Johnson, Bryan Franz, Ewa Kwiatkowska, J. P. Huot, Menghua Wang, David Antoine
System Vicarious Calibration (SVC) ensures a relative radiometric calibration to satellite ocean color sensors that minimizes uncertainties in the water-leaving radiance Lw derived from the top of atmosphere radiance LT. This is achieved through the

Principles of Optical Radiometry and Measurement Uncertainty

November 27, 2014
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Howard W. Yoon, Joseph P. Rice, Albert C. Parr
The fundamental concepts of optical radiometry are developed from basic principles, with detailed explanations for radiance, irradiance, and reflectance. Examples of radiometric standards, in particular radiometers and reference sources are given, and the