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8 September 2015 S-NPP VIIRS instrument telemetry and calibration data trend study
ZiPing Sun, Frank J. De Luccia, Jason C. Cardema, Gabriel Moy
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Proceedings Volume 9607, Earth Observing Systems XX; 96071L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186444
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States
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The Suomi National Polar Orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) employs a large number of temperature and voltage sensors (telemetry points) to monitor instrument health and performance. We have collected data and built tools to study telemetry and calibration parameters trends. The telemetry points are organized into groups based on locations and functionalities. Examples of the groups are: telescope motor, focal plane array (FPA), scan cavity bulkhead, radiators, solar diffuser and Solar Diffuser Stability Monitor (SDSM). We have performed daily monitoring and long-term trending studies. Daily monitoring processes are automated with alarms built into the software to indicate if pre-defined limits are exceeded. Long-term trending studies focus on instrument performance and sensitivities of Sensor Data Record (SDR) products and calibration look-up tables (LUTs) to instrument temperature and voltage variations. VIIRS uses a DC Restore (DCR) process to periodically correct the analog offsets of each detector of each spectral band to ensure that the FPA output signals are always within the dynamic range of the Analog to Digital Converter (ADC). The offset values are updated based on observations of the On-Board Calibrator Blackbody source. We have performed a long-term trend study of DCR offsets and calibration parameters to explore connections of the DCR offsets with onboard calibrators. The study also shows how the instrument and calibration parameters respond to the VIIRS Petulant Mode, spacecraft (SC) anomalies and flight software (FSW) updates. We have also shown that trending studies of telemetry and calibration parameters may help to improve the instrument calibration processes and SDR Quality Flags.
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ZiPing Sun, Frank J. De Luccia, Jason C. Cardema, and Gabriel Moy "S-NPP VIIRS instrument telemetry and calibration data trend study", Proc. SPIE 9607, Earth Observing Systems XX, 96071L (8 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2186444
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KEYWORDS
Calibration
Black bodies
Sensors
Staring arrays
Diffusers
Signal processing
Space telescopes
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