Landsat 8 OLI radiometric calibration performance after three years
(Conference Presentation)

Ron A. Morfitt

doi:10.1117/12.2239602

18 November 2016 Landsat 8 OLI radiometric calibration performance after three years (Conference Presentation)

Ron A. Morfitt

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Proceedings Volume 9972, Earth Observing Systems XXI; 99720E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239602
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) impressed science users soon after launch in early 2013 with both its radiometric and geometric performance. After three years on-orbit, OLI continues to exceed expectations with its high signal-to-noise ratio, low striping, and stable response. The few artifacts that do exist, such as ghosting, continue to be minimal and show no signs of increasing. The on-board calibration sources showed a small decrease in response during the first six months of operations in the coastal aerosol band, but that decrease has stabilized to less than a half percent per year since that time. The other eight bands exhibit very little change over the past three years and have remained well within a half percent of their initial response to all on-board calibration sources. Analysis of lunar acquisitions also agree with the on-board calibrators. Overall, the OLI on-board the Landsat 8 spacecraft continues to provide exceptional measurements of the Earth's surface to continue the long tradition of Landsat.

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Ron A. Morfitt "Landsat 8 OLI radiometric calibration performance after three years (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9972, Earth Observing Systems XXI, 99720E (18 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239602

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