Paper Info
Title
Evaluation Of The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (Dmsp) Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (Ssmis)
Abstract
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DSMP) successfully launched the F-16 spacecraft carrying the first Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) on October 18, 2003. SSMIS provides for the first time, atmospheric soundings that are derived by an instrument with a constant viewing geometry, in lieu of the more traditional cross-track, dwell and step-stare instruments such as the heritage DMSP and NOAA AMSU instruments. In addition, the conical scan features constant pixel resolution yielding exciting high resolution imagery. On-orbit SSMIS data indicates that the instrument is generally performing to specification. The presence of unexpected residual calibration anomalies was found during the sensor Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) period and attributed to solar illumination of the warm load tines and reflector self-emission. The warm load errors have been partially mitigated and in progress for the reflector emissions. Mitigation appears to be necessary in order to achieve the full utility of SSMIS data, particularly for the atmospheric sounding EDRs and numerical weather prediction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.31
2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-8
Keywords
Field
DocType
Radiometer, Microwave, DMSP, SSMIS, Calibration
Meteorology,SSMIS,Computer science,Remote sensing,Conical scanning,Atmospheric sounding,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit,Special sensor microwave/imager,Radiometer,Numerical weather prediction,Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2153-6996
2
0.66
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David Kunkee194.26
Donald J. Boucher2285.21
Gene A. Poe318431.87
Steven D. Swadley45011.00