Independent validation of the advanced baseline imager (ABI) on NOAA's GOES-16: post-launch ABI airborne science field campaign results

Bartlett, Brent; Casey, Jason; Padula, Francis; Pearlman, Aaron; Pogorzala, Dave; Cao, Changyong

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“…Three of the campaigns served as the primary ABI validation conducted over ideal Earth targets with an integrated set of well characterized hyperspectral reference sensors aboard a high-altitude National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ER-2 aircraft. The ABI TEB performance was found to have biases within 1 K for all bands (Bartlett et al, 2018). However, these data are preliminary and nonoperational.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…The full validation the ABI TEB BT data using SNO method shows approximate 0.2 K cooler than the reference instruments, such as VIIRS and CrIS on S-NPP and IASI on MetOp-B (Yu et al, 2017). The GOES-16 post-launch airborne science field campaign also shows that the ABI TEB performance was found to have biases within 1 K for all bands (Bartlett et al, 2018). The ABI-AHI comparison using this double difference shows insignificant difference for bands 10, 11, 12, and 14, while bands 15 and 16 have up to 0.8K difference.…”

Section: Uniformity Effect Considerationmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…The ABI TEB performance was found to have biases within 1 K for all bands (Bartlett et al, 2018). Three of the campaigns served as the primary ABI validation conducted over ideal Earth targets with an integrated set of well characterized hyperspectral reference sensors aboard a high-altitude National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ER-2 aircraft.…”

Section: Goes-16/abi and Himawari-8/ahimentioning

confidence: 99%

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GOES‐16/ABI Thermal Emissive Band Assessments Using GEO‐LEO‐GEO Double Difference

Chang

Xiong

2019

Earth and Space Science

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Geostationary satellite (GOES)-16/Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Himawari-8/ Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) represent a significant improvement over the imagers on board previous GOES. Their bands 7-16 are infrared channels covering the 3.9-to 13.3-μm spectral range and with a subpoint spatial resolution of 2 km. Their spectral coverage of the thermal emissive bands (TEBs) is almost identical, and both instruments employ similar calibration strategies using an on-board blackbody and a space look. The intercomparison between the two instruments will be very helpful for their calibration assessments and their product quality enhancements. GOES-16 was launched on 19 November 2016, initially to a test position at 89.5°west and reached its operational position (longitude of 75.2°west) on 11 December 2017. The Himawari-8 spacecraft was launched on 7 October 2014 and the observation focuses on Asia-Pacific region. In this work, an intercomparison of their TEB measurement is performed using double difference with Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The same type of scenes are selected for the two instruments, and their measurements with the closest observation times are compared with Aqua MODIS matching bands. The view angle effect is corrected and their spectral mismatching effect is estimated. The dependence on the scene uniformity is analyzed. The ABI-AHI differences are within 0.3K for bands 10 (7.35 μm), 11 (8.44 μm), 12 (9.64 μm), and 14 (11.24 μm), and up to 0.8K difference for bands 15 (12.38 μm) and 16 (13.28 μm). The ABI precision is better than AHI for all TEB and their image navigation and registration precisions are comparable. In general, the ABI performances before and after relocation are consistent.Key Points:• Application of double difference method to GEO-GEO sensor using LEO sensor as a bridge • GOES-16/ABI thermal emissive band assessment with comparison with Himawari-8/AHI and overall the ABI and AHI IR bands compare well. • GOES-16/ABI thermal emissive bands consistent assessment before and after spacecraft re-location.

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GOES‐16/ABI Thermal Emissive Band Assessments Using GEO‐LEO‐GEO Double Difference

Chang

Xiong

2019

Earth and Space Science

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“…The vast majority of the images generated by the ABIs are free of visual defects, well calibrated [3][4][5][6][7] and navigated, 8,9 and produced in a timely fashion. Yet, there are rare times when visual artifacts, or anomalies, occur.…”

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series advanced baseline imagery artifacts

Gunshor

Schmit

Pogorzala³

et al. 2020

J. Appl. Rem. Sens.

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The advanced baseline imager (ABI) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series is a great improvement compared to the legacy GOES imager. For example, there are more spectral bands at improved spatial resolution and more frequent imagery. The vast majority of the images generated by the ABIs are free of visual defects, well calibrated, and produced in a timely fashion. Yet, there are rare times when visual artifacts, or anomalies, occur. Our study highlights and explains a number of these artifacts, some of which are traditional imagery defects for imagers such as striping and stray light, and colorfully named artifacts such as "caterpillar tracks" and "shark fins." In addition, multiple resources are presented for more information about image quality and near-real-time image monitoring. © The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.

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“…During the field campaign, the flight path and scheduling of the NASA ER-2 highaltitude airborne science aircraft were coordinated with the timeline 25 special scans of the GOES-16 ABI. [14][15][16][17][18] Both the airborne visible infrared imaging spectrometernext generation (AVIRIS-NG) and the scanning high-resolution interferometer sounder (S-HIS) instruments were on board the NASA ER-2 aircraft to collect spectral measurements over the target regions. In particular, AVIRIS-NG provides high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) imaging spectroscopy measurements in the solar reflected spectral range, [19][20][21][22] which validate the ABI RSB observations.…”

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Validation of geostationary operational environmental satellite-16 advanced baseline imager radiometric calibration with airborne field campaign data and reanalysis of north-south scan data

Shao

Padula²,

Cao

et al. 2022

J. Appl. Rem. Sens.

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The advanced baseline imager (ABI) on board geostationary operational environmental satellite-16 (GOES-16) provides high quality reflective solar band (RSB) and thermal emission band (TEB) image data. Intensive field campaigns for postlaunch validation of the ABI Level-1B spectral radiance observations were carried out during March to May of 2017 to ensure the Système International traceability of the ABI. Radiometric calibrations of the RSBs and TEBs of the ABI were evaluated by comparison with the spectral measurements of the airborne visible infrared imaging spectrometer-next generation (AVIRIS-NG) and scanning high-resolution interferometer sounder (S-HIS) on board the high-altitude aircraft ER2, respectively. The comparison between ABI RSB mesoscale (MESO) data and AVIRIS-NG measurements showed that the mean biases are within 2% with uncertainty <2.5% for ABI CH01, CH03, CH05, and CH06. The brightness temperature differences between GOES-16 ABI and S-HIS measurements were shown to be within 0.45 K with uncertainty <0.35 K at the 300 K scene equivalent for ABI CH08 to CH10 and CH13 to CH15. The ABI uses large focal plane arrays with the detector number varying from hundreds to more than a thousand per channel, which makes the evaluation of detector uniformity a challenge. Reanalysis of the GOES-16 ABI north-south scan data from the field campaign and lunar observation was performed for ABI CH01 to CH03 with two versions of calibration coefficients. Significant improvements in detector uniformity with the updated solar calibration algorithm were verified.

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Independent validation of the advanced baseline imager (ABI) on NOAA's GOES-16: post-launch ABI airborne science field campaign results

Cited by 9 publications

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GOES‐16/ABI Thermal Emissive Band Assessments Using GEO‐LEO‐GEO Double Difference

GOES‐16/ABI Thermal Emissive Band Assessments Using GEO‐LEO‐GEO Double Difference

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series advanced baseline imagery artifacts

Validation of geostationary operational environmental satellite-16 advanced baseline imager radiometric calibration with airborne field campaign data and reanalysis of north-south scan data

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