Landsat-7 ETM+ radiometric calibration status
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Abstract
Now in its 17th year of operation, the Enhanced Thematic Mapper + (ETM+), on board the Landsat-7 satellite, continues to systematically acquire imagery of the Earth to add to the 40+ year archive of Landsat data. Characterization of the ETM+ on-orbit radiometric performance has been on-going since its launch in 1999. The radiometric calibration of the reflective bands is still monitored using on-board calibration devices, though the Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Sites (PICS) method has proven to be an effective tool as well. The calibration gains were updated in April 2013 based primarily on PICS results, which corrected for a change of as much as -0.2%/year degradation in the worst case bands. A new comparison with the SADE database of PICS results indicates no additional degradation in the updated calibration. PICS data are still being tracked though the recent trends are not well understood. The thermal band calibration was updated last in October 2013 based on a continued calibration effort by NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab and Rochester Institute of Technology. The update accounted for a 0.036 W/m2 sr μm or 0.26K at 300K bias error. The updated lifetime trend is now stable to within +/- 0.4K.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Landsat-7 ETM+ radiometric calibration status |
| DOI | 10.1117/12.2238625 |
| Volume | 9972 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Proceedings Volume 9972, Earth Observing Systems XXI |
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