Preparation of a new autonomous instrumented radiometric calibration site: Gobabeb, Namib Desert

Claire Greenwell; Agnieszka Bialek; Amelia Marks; Emma Woolliams; Béatrice Berthelot; Aimé Meygret; Sébastien Marcq; Marc Bouvet; Nigel Fox

doi:10.1117/12.2194885

12 October 2015 Preparation of a new autonomous instrumented radiometric calibration site: Gobabeb, Namib Desert

Claire Greenwell, Agnieszka Bialek, Amelia Marks, Emma Woolliams, Béatrice Berthelot, Aimé Meygret, Sébastien Marcq, Marc Bouvet, Nigel Fox

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Proceedings Volume 9639, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIX; 963919 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194885
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

A new permanently instrumented radiometric calibration site for high/medium resolution imaging satellite sensors is currently under development, focussing on the visible and near infra-red parts of the spectrum. The site will become a European contribution to the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) initiative RadCalNet (Radiometric Calibration Network). The exact location of the permanent monitoring instrumentation will be defined following the initial site characterisation. The new ESA/CNES RadCalNet site will have a robust uncertainty budget and its data fully SI traceable through detailed characterisation and calibration by NPL of the instruments and artefacts to be used on the site. This includes a CIMEL sun photometer (the permanent instrumentation) an ASD FieldSpec spectroradiometer, Gonio Radiometric Spectrometer System (GRASS), and reference reflectance standards.

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Claire Greenwell, Agnieszka Bialek, Amelia Marks, Emma Woolliams, Béatrice Berthelot, Aimé Meygret, Sébastien Marcq, Marc Bouvet, and Nigel Fox "Preparation of a new autonomous instrumented radiometric calibration site: Gobabeb, Namib Desert", Proc. SPIE 9639, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIX, 963919 (12 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194885

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