Calibration of the Thermal Infrared Sensor on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

Thome,; Reuter,; Lunsford,; Montanaro,; Smith, Brandon M.; Abebe, Tesfaye; Wenny,

doi:10.1109/igarss.2010.5652758

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“…In the system, P2.0 is the I/O port of C8051F120. Interrupt latency of P2.0 is influenced by infrared signal of infrared sensors [1]. Infrared signal can be uploaded to CC2430.…”

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The Application of Infrared Sensors Integrating Stepper Motor Based on C8051F120

Xin¹,

Hu²,

Li³

2012

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“…In the system, P2.0 is the I/O port of C8051F120. Interrupt latency of P2.0 is influenced by infrared signal of infrared sensors [1]. Infrared signal can be uploaded to CC2430.…”

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The Application of Infrared Sensors Integrating Stepper Motor Based on C8051F120

Xin¹,

Hu²,

Li³

2012

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“…NIST-traceable instrument level calibration will be done using an inchamber calibration system. A description of the TIRS calibration process may be found in [8].…”

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The Thermal Infrared Sensor on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

Reuter

Richardson

Irons

et al. 2010

2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission ('LDCM), a joint NASA and USGS mission, is scheduled for launch in December, 2012. The LRCM instrument payload will consist of the Operational Land Imager (OLI), provided by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation (BATC } under contract to NASA and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), provided by NASA's Goddard Space Hight Center (GSFC). This paper outlines the design of the TIRS instrument and gives an example of its application to monitoring water consumption by measuring evapotranspiration.Inter Terms-TIRS, LDCM, evapotranspiration I\TROD[ CT1ONAs is implied in the mission name, one element of the LDCM project is to provide continuity with past Landsat sensors. Another element is to provide improvernents in sensors where possible. The Thematic: Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic iMapper (ETXl), and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM-) sensors are good examples of this philosophy as the thermal infrared band improved in spatial resolution from 120 to 60 rn for the single-band, whiskbroom-approach systems (See [2] and references therin). While such data have proved important in providing land-use information, volcanic and lire-monitoring, data, and resource management guidance, a dual-band sensor at lower spatial resolution but with improved sensitivity would maintain continuity and provide valuable data for water resource management and agricultural studies. TIRE on LRCM is a 100 meter (I20 meter requirement) spatial resolution push-broorn imager whose two spectral channels, centered at near I0.8 and 12 microns. split the spectral range of the single TM and ETMt thermal band while still providing thermal band data continuity with previous Landsat missions. The push-broom implementation increases s ystem sensitivity by allowing longer integration times than whiskbroom sensors. The two channels allow the use of the split-window" technique to aid in atmospheric correction. The TIRS focal plane operates near 43 K and consists of three Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) arrays to span the 185 km swath width [5]. Infrared filters are used to define the spectral coverage of the two channels. The imaging telescope is a 4-element refractive leas system. A scene select mechanism (SSIvI ) rotates a scene mirror (SM) to change the field of regard from a nadir Earth view to either an on-board blackbody calibrator or a deep space view. The blackbod y is a full aperture calibrator whose temperature may be varied from 270 to 330 K. Figure I shows a model of the TIRS sensor unit with the major elements identified. TIRS DESIGN OVERVIEWIn a pushbroom instrument, an n row by m column 2..D image of a scene is built-up by concatenating; n successive single rove measurements each containin g m pixels. For TIRS on LDCNI, with its 185 knt swath wilh and 100 meter ground sample distance, a single row consists of 1850 pixels (m-1850). Because the orbital motion of the LDC1.1 spacecraft is about 7 kirtrsec it takes approximatel y 0.01 4 second to move the row by 100 meters, and 70 rows of...

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“…Fortunately however, the platform was ultimately provided with this capability in the later stages of its design. This means the LDCM continues to offer utility in all manner of applications which require thermal emission observations, and this is not simply restricted to volcanic observations but extends to the observation of other thermally anomalous phenomena including fires and urban heat islands [3,9].…”

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“…It was designed as a successor to the OPEN ACCESS Landsat-7 Mission, being constructed and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and operationally controlled by the US Geological Survey (USGS) [1]. The satellite is endowed with two earth-observation sensors: the Operational Land Imager (OLI), with spectral bands ranging from the visible to shortwave, largely for observing electromagnetic signals reflected from Earth's surface, and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), with two thermal infrared bands for Earth-emitted electromagnetic signal detection [2,3] (see Table 1). Like its predecessors, Landsat-8 has a temporal resolution of 16-days.…”

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Early Analysis of Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor Imagery of Volcanic Activity

Blackett

2014

Remote Sensing

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Abstract:The Landsat-8 satellite of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in April 2013. Just weeks after it entered active service, its sensors observed activity at Paluweh Volcano, Indonesia. Given that the image acquired was in the daytime, its shortwave infrared observations were contaminated with reflected solar radiation; however, those of the satellite's Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) show thermal emission from the volcano's summit and flanks. These emissions detected in sensor's band 10 (10.60-11.19 µm) have here been quantified in terms of radiant power, to confirm reports of the actual volcanic processes operating at the time of image acquisition, and to form an initial assessment of the TIRS in its volcanic observation capabilities. Data from band 11 have been neglected as its data have been shown to be unreliable at the time of writing. At the instant of image acquisition, the thermal emission of the volcano was found to be 345 MW. This value is shown to be on the same order of magnitude as similarly timed NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer thermal observations. Given its unique characteristics, the TIRS shows much potential for providing useful, detailed and accurate volcanic observations in the future.

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Calibration of the Thermal Infrared Sensor on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

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The Application of Infrared Sensors Integrating Stepper Motor Based on C8051F120

The Application of Infrared Sensors Integrating Stepper Motor Based on C8051F120

The Thermal Infrared Sensor on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

Early Analysis of Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor Imagery of Volcanic Activity

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