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RSS-18: Surface and Atmosphere Measurements and Radiative Transfer Modeling for the Calibration and Validation of the Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) for Quantitative Data Analysis at BOREAS


P.I.(s): Robert O. Green -- NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Objectives: Spectral and radiometric calibration of radiance-measuring sensors and for quantitative comparison of data acquired from different sites, times and instruments to meet calibration and validation requirements for AVIRIS during the BOREAS experiment. Ground based surface and atmospheric measurements with rigorously calibrated field instruments will be acquired simultaneously with the AVIRIS overflights. With assessments of surface and atmospheric characteristic derived from these ground based measurements a radiative transfer code will be used to predict the total radiance incident at AVIRIS. Analysis using this predicted radiance and the AVIRIS reported radiance will allow validation and calibration of the in-flight spectral and radiometric properties of AVIRIS. Rigorous error analysis of the field measurements, derived parameters, radiative transfer models and sensor characteristics will be implemented to constrain fully the results of this experiment.

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RSS-18 Pictures

The NASA ER-2 carrying AVIRIS


RSS-18 Data Sets

  • AVIRIS Level-1b Images
  • AVIRIS Parameter Maps
  • Reflectance (Ground)
  • Optical Thickness

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    RSS-18 BOREAS Operations 1994


    Objectives:
    A spectral and radiometric calibration of radiance-measuring sensors such as AVIRIS is required for physically based analysis of the measured data and for quantitative comparison of data acquired from different sites, times and instruments. The data measured in this experiment support this calibration and validation requirement for AVIRIS during the BOREAS experiment. Ground based surface and atmospheric measurements with calibrated field instruments were acquired simultaneously with the AVIRIS overflights.

    Data Collected:

    DATA SET 1: AVIRIS IMAGE DATA (400 to 2500 nm)
                940419 BOREAS Southern Study Area
                940420 BOREAS Northern Study Area
                940428 BOREAS Northern Study Area
                940608 BOREAS Northern Study Area
                940721 BOREAS Southern Study Area
                940804 BOREAS Northern Study Area
                940808 BOREAS Northern Study Area
                940916 BOREAS Southern Study Area
                940917 BOREAS Northern Study Area
    
                WWW Quicklook Image Site
                http://ophelia.jpl.nasa.gov/README.htm
    
    
    DATA SET 2:   FIELD SPECTROMETER SPECTRA (400 to 2500 nm)
            940608 100   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940611 300   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940721 200   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940723 200   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940724 80    Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940802 200   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940807 105   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940808 194   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940916 140   Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
            940601 30    Spectra of AVIRIS Calibration Site
    
            Aspen               10
            Jackpine Bark       10
            Jackpine Needles    10
            Healthy Grass       10
            Shallow Water       10
            Tarps               10
            Wet Soil            10
            Spruce              10
    
    DATA SET 3:   SUNPHOTOMETER DATA (Aerosols, Water Vapor)
       940529A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940529C Old Jack Pine Site
       940531A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940531B Old Jack Pine Site
       940531C Old Jack Pine Site
       940601A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940601B Old Jack Pine Site
       940601C Old Jack Pine Site
       940604B Old Jack Pine Site
       940604C Old Jack Pine Site
       940606B Old Black Spruce Site
       940606C Old Black Spruce Site
       940611A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940611B Old Aspen Site
       940912B Old Black Spruce Site
       940912C Old Black Spruce Site
       940913A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940913B Old Black Spruce Site
       940913C Old Black Spruce Site
       940915A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940915B AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940915C AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940916A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940916B Old Black Spruce Site
       940916C Old Black Spruce Site
       940917A AVIRIS Calibration Site
       940917B Old Aspen Site
    


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