On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer

David R. Thompson; Robert O. Green; Christine Bradley; Philip G. Brodrick; Natalie Mahowald; Eyal Ben-Dor; Matthew R. Bennett; Michael Bernas; Nimrod Carmon; K. Dana Chadwick; Roger N. Clark; Red Willow Coleman; Evan Cox; Ernesto L. Diaz; Michael L. Eastwood; Regina Eckert; Bethany L. Ehlmann; Paul Ginoux; Marıa Goncalves Ageitos; Kathleen Grant; Louis Guanter; Daniela Heller Pearlshtien; Mark Helmlinger; Harrison Herzog; Todd M. Hoefen; Yue Huang; Abigail Keebler; Olga Kalashnikova; Didier Keymeulen; Raymond F. Kokaly; Martina Klose; Longlei Li; Sarah Lundeen; John Michael Meyer; Elizabeth Middleton; Ron L. Miller; Pantazis Mouroulis; Bogdan Oaida; Vicenzo Obiso; Francisco Ochoa; Winston Olson-Duvall; Gregory S. Okin; Thomas H. Painter; Carlos Perez Garcıa-Pando; Randy Pollock; Vincent J. Realmuto; Lucas Shaw; Peter Sullivan; Gregg A. Swayze; Erik Thingvold; Andrew K Thorpe; Suresh Vannan; Catalina Villarreal; Charlene Ung; Daniel W. Wilson; Sander Zandbergen

doi:10.1016/j.rse.2023.113986

On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer

Remote Sensing of Environment

By: David R. Thompson, Robert O. Green, Christine Bradley, Philip G. Brodrick, Natalie Mahowald, Eyal Ben-Dor, Matthew R. Bennett, Michael Bernas, Nimrod Carmon, K. Dana Chadwick, Roger N. Clark, Red Willow Coleman, Evan Cox, Ernesto L. Diaz, Michael L. Eastwood, Regina Eckert, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Paul Ginoux, Marıa Goncalves Ageitos, Kathleen Grant, Louis Guanter, Daniela Heller Pearlshtien, Mark Helmlinger, Harrison Herzog, Todd M. Hoefen, Yue Huang, Abigail Keebler, Olga Kalashnikova, Didier Keymeulen, Raymond F. Kokaly, Martina Klose, Longlei Li, Sarah Lundeen, John Michael Meyer, Elizabeth Middleton, Ron L. Miller, Pantazis Mouroulis, Bogdan Oaida, Vicenzo Obiso, Francisco Ochoa, Winston Olson-Duvall, Gregory S. Okin, Thomas H. Painter, Carlos Perez Garcıa-Pando, Randy Pollock, Vincent J. Realmuto, Lucas Shaw, Peter Sullivan, Gregg A. Swayze, Erik Thingvold, Andrew K Thorpe, Suresh Vannan, Catalina Villarreal, Charlene Ung, Daniel W. Wilson, and Sander Zandbergen

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Abstract

The Earth surface Mineral dust source InvesTigation (EMIT) is a remote visible to shortwave infrared (VSWIR) imaging spectrometer that has been operating onboard the International Space Station since July 2022. This article describes EMIT's on-orbit spectroradiometric calibration and validation. Accurate spectroscopy is vital to achieve consistent mapping results with orbital imaging spectrometers. EMIT takes a unique approach to this challenge, with just six optical elements, no shutter, and no onboard calibration systems. Its simple design focuses on uniformity and stability to enable vicarious spectroradiometric calibration. Our experiments demonstrate that this approach is successful, approaching the fidelity of manual field spectroscopy in some cases, and enabling new and more accurate products across diverse Earth science disciplines. EMIT achieves several notable firsts for an instrument of its class. It demonstrates successful on-orbit adjustments of Focal Plane Array (FPA) alignment with sub-micron precision. It offers spectral uniformity better than 98%. Optical artifacts in the measurement channels are at least three orders of magnitude below the primary solar-reflected surface signals. Its noise performance enables percent-level discrimination in the depths of mineral absorption features. In these aspects, EMIT satisfies the stringent performance needs for the next generation of VSWIR imaging spectrometers to observe the Earth's ecosystems, geology, and water resources.

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Thompson, D.R., Green, R.O., Bradley, C., Brodrick, P.G., Mahowald, N., Ben-Dor, E., Bennett, M.R., Bernas, M., Carmon, N., Chadwick, K.D., Clark, R.N., Coleman, R.W., Cox, E., Diaz, E.L., Eastwood, M.L., Eckert, R., Ehlmann, B.L., Ginoux, P., Goncalves Ageitos, M., Grant, K., Guanter, L., Heller Pearlshtien, D., Helmlinger, M., Herzog, H., Hoefen, T.M., Huang, Y., Keebler, A., Kalashnikova, O., Keymeulen, D., Kokaly, R.F., Klose, M., Li, L., Lundeen, S., Meyer, J.M., Middleton, E., Miller, R.L., Mouroulis, P., Oaida, B., Obiso, V., Ochoa, F., Olson-Duvall, W., Okin, G.S., Painter, T.H., Perez Garcıa-Pando, C., Pollock, R., Realmuto, V.J., Shaw, L., Sullivan, P., Swayze, G.A., Thingvold, E., Thorpe, A.K., Vannan, S., Villarreal, C., Ung, C., Wilson, D.W., and Zandbergen, S., 2024, On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 303, 113986, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113986.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer
Series title	Remote Sensing of Environment
DOI	10.1016/j.rse.2023.113986
Volume	303
Year Published	2024
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Contributing office(s)	Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
Description	113986, 16 p.