SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS on-orbit geolocation trending and improvements

Guoqing Gary Lin; Robert E. Wolfe; John J. Dellomo; Bin Tan; Ping Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2569148

16 September 2020 SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS on-orbit geolocation trending and improvements

Guoqing Gary Lin, Robert E. Wolfe, John J. Dellomo, Bin Tan, Ping Zhang

Proceedings Volume 11501, Earth Observing Systems XXV; 1150112 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569148
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

Two Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors have been in operations for more than 8.5 and 2.5 years since they were launched in October 2011 on SNPP satellite and in November 2017 on NOAA-20 satellite, respectively. These are two satellites in the Join Polar Satellite System (JPSS) constellation, of which Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) is a risk reduction satellite and NOAA-20 is the first of four JPSS satellites (JPSS-1 became NOAA- 20 after launch). Accurate geolocation is a critical element in data calibration for accurate retrieval of global biogeophysical parameters. In this paper, we describe the latest trends in the continuously improved geolocation accuracy in VIIRS Collection-1 (C1) and C2 re-processing. We implemented a VIIRS instrument geometric model update (VIGMU) for both sensors that correct for geolocation error oscilations in the scan direction. We borrowed code from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) geolocation software to correct for time-dependent pointing variations, that are particularly acute in NOAA-20 VIIRS, and some pointing anomalies in SNPP VIIRS. We developed a Kalman Filter using gyro data to correct for attitude errors due to the degradation of the star trackers performance from the SNPP satellite. We also present an improved ground control point matching (CPM) tool, in which the ground control point (GCP) chips library is refreshed using recently launched Landsat-8 images.

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Guoqing Gary Lin, Robert E. Wolfe, John J. Dellomo, Bin Tan, and Ping Zhang "SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS on-orbit geolocation trending and improvements", Proc. SPIE 11501, Earth Observing Systems XXV, 1150112 (16 September 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569148

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