CNES Activities in the Framework of GSICS Patrice Henry, Denis Blumstein, Denis Jouglet - CNES Thomas Colin - CS GSICS Executive Committee – WMO.
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CNES Activities
in the Framework of GSICS
Patrice Henry, Denis Blumstein, Denis Jouglet - CNES
Thomas Colin - CS
GSICS Executive Committee – WMO Geneva – June 06-08 2011
AIRS/IASI Intercalibration — sample of results
■ Intercalibration AIRS/IASI
SNO events (high latitude only)
operational in the IASI TEC
activated on a regular basis
3 months
■ Updated to handle IASI L1C Day-2
products (from May 2010)
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IASI-A / IASI-B Intercalibration — Cal/Val preparation
IASI-A IASI-B
16km
10km
~39°
common
zone
■ Metop-A / B are on the same trajectory (180 deg apart)
Overlap between the swath of the 2 IASI instruments
■ Observation by 2 IASI of a same region on ground possible
50 min between overflight of a same point
At all latitudes
■ Use of common zone where Sat Viewing Angle are “equal”
common view
by
IASI-A / IASI-B
We limit ourself to 4 IASI pixels width
Satellite Viewing Angle between 0 deg (high latitude) and 39 deg
(equator)
■ Limitation to uniform and stable (in time) geophysical situation
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Study of Asian and Australian Desert Sites for
Sensor cross-Calibration in the VPIR Range
■ Sites selected in 2009 by B.J. Sohn using MODIS data
Simpson desert (Australia) – 50x50 km2, centered at 26.075S, 137.175E
Tengger desert (China) – 17x17 km2, centered at 38.125N, 103.0E
■ CNES studies
Extraction of POLDER/PARASOL and SPOT5/VGT2 images over a 2 year period (2007-08)
Data processing (cloud screening…) and insertion in the SADE data base
Sites analysis using ‘standard’ CNES tools
Spatial, spectral, temporal and directional behaviour
PARASOL and VGT2 cross calibration
Results comparison with 3 African desert sites : Algeria 3, Libya 1 and Libya 3
■ For the 2 sites : less suitable characteristics for calibration than African sites
Tengger
Very small site and not so homogeneous
Calibration standard deviation much higher than for other sites
No winter calibration opportunity (potential snow coverage) and poor results for sensors cross calibration
Simpson
Lightly less homogeneous than African sites
Poor temporal stability : bad results for multidate calibration
■ No SADE extension with other PARASOL and VGT2 data but MERIS data will be added
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General view of the 5 sites
Simpson
Algeria 3
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Tengger
Libya 1
Libya 3
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Sites temporal behaviour
Simpson
Tengger
Algeria 3
Libya 1
Libya 3
PARASOL TOA reflectance normalized by the red reflectance
Spectral dependance of seasonal effect on spectral range for Tengger
(vegetation ?)
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VGT2 calibration versus Parasol
Mean VGT2/PARASOL calibration results
Standard deviation of VGT2/PARASOL calibration results
• Good consistency for the red range
• Simpson : 3% higher in the blue, 3% lower in the NIR
•Tengger : 6% higher in the blue (very high s…)
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Multitemporal calibration
PARASOL 2008 calibration versus PARASOL 2007
VGT-2 2008 calibration versus VGT-2 2007
• Good for Tengger (except blue)
• A few percent discrepancy for Simpson (temporal stability ?)
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Deserts cross Calibration Method Assessment
■ Study performed to provide inputs for deserts calibration error budget
■ TOA reflectance of different sensors (MODIS, MERIS, PARASOL, VGT,
ETM+) simulated using Hyperion hyperspectral TOA data
Aqua/MODIS vs MERIS
MERIS vs Aqua/MODIS
ETM+ vs Terra/MODIS
VGT2 vs Parasol/POLDER
Parasol/POLDER vs Aqua/MODIS
Parasol/POLDER vs MERIS
■ Different cross calibration method tested :
Same geometry (data pairs simulated with the same Hyperion data)
Close geometry (data pairs from close geometry Hyperion pairs)
Closest spectral band (direct band to band comparison to spline interpolation)
Omitted spectral bands to assess interpolation and extrapolation effect
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Acquisition geometry error
■ Comparison of same geometry and close geometry calibration
Example of Aqua/MODIS vs MERIS
Same geometry
Close geometry
■ Very important increase of standard deviation (x2 to x10) but small effect on
the mean value (0.5% max.)
But viewing geometry is always the same (Hyperion geometry). Discrepancies are
only due to : sun angles, atmospheric correction, annual variation of the site
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Reflectance interpolation error
■ Comparison of spline interpolation and band to band calibration
Example of Landsat/ETM+ vs Terra/MODIS
Spline interpolation
Band to band
■ Increase of cross calibration unaccuracy
■ Increase of site to site discrepancy
Band to band calibration shall be limited to very similar bands (VGT2/VGT1,
Aqua/MODIS vs Terra/MODIS…)
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Reflectance extrapolation error
■ Comparison of cross calibration with different set of reference band
Example of Aqua/MODIS vs MERIS
Without 412 nm as reference band
With 412 nm as reference band
■ Very important error due to extrapolation (> 20%)
Site reflectance profiles do not allow any extrapolation neither in the blue or in the
SWIR…
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Main Conclusions of the Study
■ Interpolation (extrapolation !) error : main contributor of the error budget
Adequate choice for the reference sensor
Good knowledge of the site reflectance
Good knowledge of the directional effects over the sites
■ Statistics can take afford for atmospheric correction errors
Necessity for a great amount of data
Risk a small bias due to uncertainty on aerosol content
■ Good accuracy for multitemporal calibration
■ Sensors cross calibration only possible for ‘close’ spectral bands
a more complete error budget has been undertaken
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SADE opening to GSICS and CEOS
■ Few feedbacks from beta-users : only one (very positive…)
■ SADE access through CNES scientific mission website
http://smsc.cnes.fr/CALIBRATION/
Password mandatory
■ No procedure yet available for password delivery (contact Denis
Blumstein or Patrice Henry)
■ A complete reprocessing of SADE exported files is foreseen for Nov. 2011
Data extension up to mid 2011
New sensors :
Terra/Modis
Landsat 7
Theos
New MERIS reprocessing
VGT1 updated calibration
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