Calibration of the DSCOVR EPIC visible and NIR channels using MODIS Terra and Aqua data and EPIC lunar observations

Geogdzhayev, Igor V.; Marshak, Alexander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-359-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-359-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-359-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Research article

|

17 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 17 Jan 2018

Calibration of the DSCOVR EPIC visible and NIR channels using MODIS Terra and Aqua data and EPIC lunar observations

Igor V. Geogdzhayev and Alexander Marshak

Data sets

DSCOVR EPIC Level 1B dataset DSCOVR Earth Sensors science team https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/dscovr/dscovr_epic_l1b_2

Short summary

The unique Earth view of the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) orbiting at the point of equal attraction from the Earth and the Sun can significantly augment the low-orbit remote sensing of aerosols, clouds and gases. We derive the relationship between the digital counts and the reflected sunlight intensity for some EPIC channels using collocated Earth views from EPIC and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and EPIC moon views.