Assessment of BRDF Impact on VIIRS DNB from Observed Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance over Dome C in Nighttime

doi:10.3390/rs13020301

	Assessment of BRDF Impact on VIIRS DNB from Observed Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance over Dome C in Nighttime
	Li, Jinjin 1,2; Qiu, Shi 2; Zhang, Yu 2; Yang, Benyong 3; Gao, Caixia 2; Qian, Yonggang 2; Liu, Yaokai 2; Zhao, Yongguang 2
刊名	REMOTE SENSING
	2021
卷号	13
关键词	BRDF VIIRS DNB nighttime TOA reflectance Dome C RossLi Warren Hudson daytime
DOI	10.3390/rs13020301
通讯作者	Qiu, Shi(qiushi@aircas.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The Day-Night Band (DNB) imaging sensor of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) adds nighttime monitoring capability to the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 20 weather satellite launched in 2011 and 2017, respectively. Nighttime visible imagery has already found diverse applications, but image quality is often unsatisfactory. In this study, variations in observed top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance were examined in terms of nighttime bidirectional effects. The Antarctica Dome C ground site was selected due to high uniformity. First, variation of reflectance was characterized in terms of viewing zenith angle, lunar zenith angle, and relative lunar azimuth angle, using DNB data from 2012 to 2020 and Miller-Turner 2009 simulations. Variations in reflectance were observed to be strongly anisotropic, suggesting the presence of bidirectional effects. Then, based on this finding, three popular bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) models were evaluated for effectiveness in correcting for these effects on the nighttime images. The observed radiance of VIIRS DNB was compared with the simulated radiance respectively based on the three BRDF models under the same geometry. Compared with the RossThick-LiSparseReciprocal (RossLi) BRDF model and Hudson model, the Warren model has a higher correlation coefficient (0.9899-0.9945) and a lower root-mean-square-error (0.0383-0.0487). Moreover, the RossLi BRDF model and Hudson model may have similar effects in the description of the nighttime TOA over Dome C. These findings are potentially useful to evaluate the radiometric calibration stability and consistency of nighttime satellite sensors.
资助项目	Bureau of International Co-Operation Chinese Academy of Sciences[181811KYSB20160040] ; Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS[QYZDB-SSW-JSC051] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61,801,457]
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Remote Sensing
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000611551400001
资助机构	Bureau of International Co-Operation Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.hfcas.ac.cn:8080/handle/334002/119796]
专题	中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院
通讯作者	Qiu, Shi
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Optoelect, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Aerosp Informat Res Inst, Key Lab Quantitat Remote Sensing Informat Technol, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Hefei Inst Phys Sci, Anhui Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Hefei 230031, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Jinjin,Qiu, Shi,Zhang, Yu,et al. Assessment of BRDF Impact on VIIRS DNB from Observed Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance over Dome C in Nighttime[J]. REMOTE SENSING,2021,13.
APA	Li, Jinjin.,Qiu, Shi.,Zhang, Yu.,Yang, Benyong.,Gao, Caixia.,...&Zhao, Yongguang.(2021).Assessment of BRDF Impact on VIIRS DNB from Observed Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance over Dome C in Nighttime.REMOTE SENSING,13.
MLA	Li, Jinjin,et al."Assessment of BRDF Impact on VIIRS DNB from Observed Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance over Dome C in Nighttime".REMOTE SENSING 13(2021).