Learning spatial response functions from large multi-sensor AIRS and MODIS datasets

Igor Yanovsky; Thomas S. Pagano; Evan M. Manning; Steven E. Broberg; Hartmut H. Aumann; Luminita A. Vese

doi:10.1117/12.2593331

1 August 2021 Learning spatial response functions from large multi-sensor AIRS and MODIS datasets

Igor Yanovsky, Thomas S. Pagano, Evan M. Manning, Steven E. Broberg, Hartmut H. Aumann, Luminita A. Vese

Proceedings Volume 11829, Earth Observing Systems XXVI; 118290A (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593331
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We use large datasets from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to derive AIRS spatial response functions and study their potential variations over the mission. The new reconstructed spatial response functions can be used to reduce errors in the radiances in non-uniform scenes and improve products generated using both AIRS and MODIS data. AIRS spatial response functions are distinct for each of its 2378 channels and each of its 90 scan angles. We develop the mathematical model and the optimization framework for deriving spatial response functions for two AIRS channels with low water vapor absorption and various scan angles. We quantify uncertainties in the derived reconstructions and study how they differ from pre-flight spatial response functions. We show that our approach generates reconstructions that agree with the data more accurately compared to pre-flight spatial responses. We derive spatial response functions using data collected during successive dates in order to ascertain the repeatability of the reconstructed spatial response functions. We also compare the derived spatial response functions based on data collected in the beginning, the middle, and at the current state of the mission in order to study changes in reconstructions over time.

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Igor Yanovsky, Thomas S. Pagano, Evan M. Manning, Steven E. Broberg, Hartmut H. Aumann, and Luminita A. Vese "Learning spatial response functions from large multi-sensor AIRS and MODIS datasets", Proc. SPIE 11829, Earth Observing Systems XXVI, 118290A (1 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593331

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