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Conference Agenda
Monday, August 24, 2009
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| 7:30 am – 8:30 am |
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| 8:30 am – 12:00 pm |
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| 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm |
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| 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm |
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| 1:30 pm – 3:20 pm |
Technical Session: Calibration of Microwave Radiometers and other Microwave Instruments
| Residual Scan Biases Observed in Operational Conical and Cross Track Microwave Sounding Channels Using Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems |
| An Overview of ATMS Characterization and Post‐Launch Cal/Val Planning |
| Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Intersensor Calibration and Impacts on EDRs and CDRs |
| ATMS xDR Error Modeling |
| Assimilation Impact of F16 SSMIS Data on National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System |
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| 3:20 pm – 3:50 pm |
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| 3:50 pm – 6:00 pm |
Technical Session: Calibration Methods for Climate Change Measurement and Modeling
| Decadal Climate Change, Climate Prediction, and the Role of Satellite Calibration |
| Initial Results of Aperture Area Comparisons for Exo‐atmospheric Total Solar Irradiance Measurements |
| Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) FM5 on NPP: Pre‐flight Calibration Results |
| Developing AVHRR Lunar Calibration for Climate Change Detection |
| Climate‐quality Calibration Stability Using the Moon as a Reference |
| Comparison of Earth Radiation Budget Measurements: Past, Present and Future |
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| 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm |
Held at the Space Dynamics Laboratory |
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
| 7:30 am – 8:15 am |
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| 8:15 am – 10:05 am |
SPOTLIGHT Session: NPOESS
| Pre‐launch Characterization of NPP VIIRS Response versus Scan‐angle |
| VIIRS Polarization Re‐testing |
| On‐Orbit Calibration of the VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) |
| Pre‐launch Evaluation of NPP VIIRS Optical and Electrical Crosstalk Contamination in the VisNIR Bands |
| Usefulness of Flight‐like Characterization of the CrIS Sensor |
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| 10:05 am – 10:35 am |
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| 10:35 am – 12:15 pm |
SPOTLIGHT Session: NPOESS (cont.)
| Measurements of the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) Blackbody Emissivity and Radiance Using Multiple Techniques |
| Analysis Of The Cris Flight Model 1 Radiometric Linearity and Radiometric Uncertainty |
| Independent Assessment of the CrIS SDR Algorithm: Radiometric Calibration |
| NPOESS MIS Radiometric Calibration Error Analysis |
| Reflective Solar Band Calibration Uncertainty Analysis for the Nonlinear Attenuator Method |
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| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm |
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| 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm |
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| 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm |
Technical Session: Calibration Methods Using Celestial Objects
| ACCESS: Enabling an Improved Flux Scale for Astrophysics |
| The Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment |
| Observations of On‐orbit Calibration Spheres and Calibration Stars with the Broadband Array Spectrograph System (BASS) |
| Star‐based Calibration Technics for PLEIADES‐HR Satellites |
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| 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm |
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| 4:15 pm – 5:35 pm |
Technical Session: Calibration Methods Using Celestial Objects (cont.)
| Long‐term Stabilization of LDCM Products Using the Moon |
| Using Lunar Observations for MODIS Thermal Emissive Bands Characterization |
| The Cross Calibration of SeaWiFS and MODIS Using On‐Orbit Observations of the Moon |
| Comparison of GOES Imager Visible Channel Lunar and Star Calibration |
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| 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm |
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am |
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| 8:00 am – 10:10 am |
Technical Session: National Standards Technology Advancement
| Comparison of the Total Solar Irradiance Radiometer Facility Cryogenic Radiometer Against the NIST Primary Optical Watt Radiometer |
| Validation of the Glory TIM Instrument Calibration in the TSI Radiometer Facility |
| High‐accuracy Telescope Calibration Facility at NIST |
| Characterization, Calibration and Performance Validation of Imaging Sensors at NIST: the SIRCUS Facility |
| Final Results of a Nationwide Inter‐laboratory Comparison of Infrared Reflectance |
| The New NIST Radiance and Radiation Temperature (R2T) Calibration Facility |
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| 10:10 am – 10:40 am |
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| 10:40 am – 1:15 pm |
SPOTLIGHT Session: GOES‐R
| Pre‐launch Calibration and Post‐launch Characterization of the GOES‐R Satellite System |
| An Overview of the GOES‐R Calibration/Validation Plan |
| Pre‐launch Cal/Val Support for the GOES‐R Program: The SIRCUS Role |
| Calibration of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) |
| Determination of Infrared Filter Spectral Response Functions |
| Post‐Launch Correction of GOES‐13 Imager 13.3 mm Channel Spectral Response Function |
| Selection of Vicarious Calibration Sites for GOES‐R ABI Solar Ba |
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| 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm |
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| 2:15 pm –3:45 pm |
Technical Session: Equipment, Capabilities, and Facilities for Radiometric Calibration
| IR3 – A New Tool for Infrared Responsivity and Reflectance Measurements |
| Satellite‐Mounted Light Sources as Photometric Calibration Standards for Ground‐Based Telescopes |
| Characterization of a Heliostat Facility for Solar‐radiation‐based Calibration of Earth Observing Sensors |
| Characterization of Spectral Response Functions for Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Instrument Sensors |
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| 3:45 pm –4:15 pm |
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| 4:15 pm –5:15 pm |
Technical Session: Equipment, Capabilities, and Facilities for Radiometric Calibration (cont.)
| SDL‐XR (Space Dynamics Laboratory Transfer Radiometer) |
| Calibration of a Hyperspectral Image Projector |
| The Extension of the NIST Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function from 1100 nm to 2500 nm |
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| 6:00 pm –8:30 pm |
Guinavah‐Malibu Campground Group Site C |
Thursday, August 27, 2009
| 7:30 am – 8:00 am |
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| 8:00 am – 10:30 pm |
Technical Session: Pre‐Launch Testing and Post‐Launch Performance
| EOS‐Aura OMI In‐flight Performance and Calibration and Sentinel‐5 Precursor TROPOMI On‐ground Calibration |
| Radiometric Calibration Techniques for the OMPS Instruments |
| The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Sensitivity Measurement (NESR) and Model |
| WISE Mission and Payload Overview |
| WISE Ground Characterization Overview |
| Wide‐Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Relative Spectral Response Calibration |
| Focusing WISE |
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| 10:30 am – 11:00 am |
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| 11:00 am – 1:15 pm |
SPOTLIGHT Session: CLARREO
| CLARREO Visible and Near‐Infrared Radiometry Studies |
| Error Budget Analysis for the Reflected Solar Instrument of CLARREO |
| An Approach to Rigorous, Independent Verification of On‐orbit Measurement Uncertainty |
| Opportunities for Achieving SI‐Traceable Far‐Infrared Radiance Measurements For Climate Change Detection |
| Quantum Cascade Laser Based Reflectometry for On‐orbit Blackbody Emissivity Measurements for CLARREO |
| Minimizing Satellite Sampling Errors for Climate Monito |
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| 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm |
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| 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm |
Technical Session: Inter‐Calibration and Validation of Operational Sensors
| Comparisons of Radiometry from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) For Two Years of Data |
| Analysis of POES NOAA‐14 MSU and NOAA‐15 AMSU‐A Relative Measurement Biases for Climate Change Detection |
| Climate Calibration of the ISCCP Visible Record Using Deep Convective Clouds |
| Visible Channel Calibration of GOES Imager Using Deep Convective Clouds |
| Investigation of LSpec Autonomous Ground Calibration Site Using Terra MODIS and Landsat ETM+ |
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| 3:50 pm – 4:05 pm |
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| 4:05 pm – 6:00 pm |
US‐Only Restriced Session
| Analysis of Energy‐on‐Detector and Other Point‐Response Parameters for Imaging Sensors Using the ASTIF |
| Methodologies for Goniometrics, Optics, and Radiometrics for Characterization of AEDC Test Facilities and Sensor Testing |
| The Applicability of NIST and NASA Calibration Capabilities to GOES Solar Imagers |
| Radiometric Calibration and Complex Scene Projection in the AEDC 7V Chamber Sensor Test Facility |
| Calibration and Characterization of the 10V Chamber Facility IR Sources Using the NIST BXR and the 10V Internal Radiometer (RCMS) |
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Subject to change
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