12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Campaign for Vicarious Calibration of SumbandilaSat in Argentina

15 Jul 2011, 08:30
15m
Acro2

Acro2

Oral Presentation Track D2 - Space Science APSS

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Mr Lufuno Vhengani (CSIR)

Description

The importance of calibrating satellite imagers has been explained in literature such as K Arai (2007) and K J Thome (2001). Calibration of satellite sensors (imagers) is crucial for data consistency, reliability and comparability. To perform a meaningful analysis of a satellite image, the Digital Numbers (DNs) of the image are first converted to absolute radiance by using the sensor-specific radiometric calibration coefficients. Satellite imagers are calibrated pre-launch and for continuous assessment, they are also calibrated post-launch. Various post-launch techniques exist including cross-sensor, solar, lunar and vicarious calibration. Vicarious calibration relies on in-situ measurements of surface reflectance and atmospheric transmittance to estimate Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA) spectral radiance. A vicarious calibration field campaign was executed in Argentina to support monitoring of the radiometric response of the multispectral imager aboard SumbandilaSat. Results obtained using two Radiative Transfer Codes (RTCs) MODTRAN and 6S are presented.

Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? MSc
Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? No
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

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