GRSS 2012 - Special Issue on "Inter-Calibration of Satellite Instruments"

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Special Issue on “Inter-Calibration of Satellite Instruments”

The ability to detect and quantify changes in the Earth’s environment using remote sensing is dependent upon sensors providing

accurate and consistent measurements over time. A critical step in providing these measurements is establishing confidence and consistency between data from different sensors and putting them onto a common radiometric scale. However, ensuring that this process

can be relied upon long term and that there is physical meaning to the information requires traceability to internationally agreed,

stable, reference standards ideally tied to the international system of units (SI). This requires robust on-going calibration, validation,

stability monitoring, and quality assurance, all of which need to be underpinned and evidenced by comparisons involving a reference

standard or sensor and a methodology with defined uncertainty (in an absolute or temporal sense). This process can be used to provide

calibrations to other sensors (i.e. Inter-calibration).

Inter-calibration and comparisons between sensors have become a central pillar in calibration and validation strategies of national

and international organizations. The Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) is an international collaborative effort initiated by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) to monitor and

harmonize data quality from operational weather and environmental satellites. The Infrared Visible Optical Sensors (IVOS) sub-group

of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV) extends this vision to

include all Earth observation sensors and satellite operating agencies. Inter-calibration techniques provide a practical means of correcting biases between sensors and bridging any potential data gaps between non-contiguous sensors in a critical time-series and the intercalibration reference serves as a transfer standard. It is expected that promotion of the use of robust inter-calibration techniques will lead

to improved consistency between satellite instruments, reduce overall costs, and facilitate accurate monitoring of planetary changes.

List of topics

Contributions for this special issue are welcome from the research community. This special journal issue will focus on how

inter-calibration and comparison between sensors can provide an effective and convenient means of verifying post-launch sensor

performance and correcting the differences. The guest editors invite submissions that explore topics including, but not limited

to, pseudo-invariant calibration sites, instrumented sites, simultaneous nadir observations and other ray-matching comparisons,

lunar and stellar observations, deep convective clouds, liquid water clouds, Rayleigh scattering and Sun glint. The inter-calibration results should focus on rigorous quantification of bias and associated sources of uncertainty from different sensors, crucial

for long-term studies of the Earth. The goal of this special journal issue is to capture the state-of-the-art methodologies and

results from inter-calibration of satellite instruments, including full end-to-end uncertainty analysis. Accordingly, it will become

a reference anthology for the remote sensing community.

Paper submission deadline: 31 January 2012

Submission guidelines

Normal page charges, peer-review, and editorial process will apply. Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of TGRS,

and should submit their manuscripts electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Please indicate during your submission

that the paper is intended for this Special Issue. Inquiries with respect to the special issue should be directed to the Guest Editors.

Guest Editors

Gyanesh Chander, Ph.D.

Lead Systems Engineer

SGT/USGS EROS

47914 252nd St.

Sioux Falls, SD, 57198 USA

Phone: 605-594-2554

Email: gchanderusgs.gov

Tim Hewison, Ph.D.

Meteorological Scientist

EUMETSAT

Eumetsat-Allee 1

64295 Darmstadt, Germany

Phone: +49 6151 807 364

Email: tim.hewisoneumetsat.int

Nigel Fox, Ph.D.

Head of Earth Observation

National Physical Laboratory

Hampton Rd, Teddngton

Middx, TW11 0LW, UK

Phone: +44 208 943 6825

Email: nigel.foxnpl.co.uk

Xiangqian (Fred) Wu, Ph.D.

Physical Scientist

STAR/NESDIS/NOAA

E/RA2, 7214, 5200 Auth Rd.

Camp Springs, MD 20746 USA

Phone: 301-763-8136 ext. 138

Email: Xiangqian.Wunoaa.gov

Xiaoxiong (Jack) Xiong, Ph.D.

Optical Physicist

NASA GSFC

Code 614.4,

Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

Phone: 301-614-5957

Email: Xiaoxiong.Xiong-1nasa.gov

William J. Blackwell, Sc.D.

Associate Editor, IEEE TGRS

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

244 Wood St., S4-225

Lexington, MA 02420, USA

Phone: 781-981-7973

Email: WJBLL.MIT.EDU

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