EOS Validation Program

Institution: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Phone: (818) 354-0974
E-mail: simon.j.hook@jpl.nasa.gov

http://shookweb.jpl.nasa.gov/validation
http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/content/07_Misc/Validation/Default.htm

F. Prata, CSIRO Division of Atmos. Research, Fred.Prata@dar.csiro.au
G. Schladow, University of California, gschladow@ucdavis.edu

June 2001
Final Report - May 2003

We propose to instrument a small number of sites to automatically obtain a basic set of validation data, under a range of atmospheres, throughout the year. The sites selected are L. Tahoe CA, USA, Hay, NSW, Australia, Amburla, NT, Australia and a Tropical Site also in Australia. Some of the sites are currently utilized in semi-annual validation campaigns and these would provide an opportunity to supplement the basic validation parameters with additional field and airborne measurements.

The field data will be suitable for validation of several thermal infrared land data products including radiance at sensor, radiance at surface, surface temperature and surface emissivity. Validation will involve comparison of the surface geophysical standard products with the ground measurements as well as propagation of the ground measurements through the atmosphere for comparison with the at sensor radiance. The basic validation data will be made available on the World Wide Web (WWW) and will be suitable for validating data from other EOS instruments, e.g. the thermal infrared channel of Landsat 7.