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Aqua Terra
13 Years
Terra and Aqua MODIS Instrument Status
MODIS Science Team Meeting, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (April 15, 2013)
Jack Xiong (NASA/GSFC)
Contributions: MODIS Characterization Support Team (MCST)
11 Years
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• Highlights (since last STM)
• Instrument Operations
• Calibration and Characterization Activities
• On-orbit Performance
• Challenging Issues and Future Efforts
• Summary
Outline
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• Both Terra MODIS (13 years) and Aqua MODIS (11 years) and their on-
board calibrators continue to operate and function normally
• No new noisy and inoperable detectors in both Terra and Aqua MODIS
• Collection 6 L1B reprocessing completed and data released to public
– Atmos. and land reprocessing to be started in early May and July 2013
• Support for Terra and Aqua Senior Review
• Support for Aqua AMSR-E spin-up
• Aqua MODIS CFPA Performance and Operation Review, March 27, 2013
– Previous reviews: May 2010 and April 2012
• Strong science applications using MODIS observations and data products
– Over 1000 new technical article and 1500 new tech article and proceedings
combined
Highlights (since last STM)
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MODIS Publication Metrics
Technical Articles: 5119 Avg. citation: 14.4/article
Tech. and Proc. Articles: 7365 Avg. citation: 10.6/article
Google Scholar “HITS” May 7, 2008 Jan 24, 2010 May 11, 2011 Apr 26, 2012 April 3, 2013 “NASA Terra”: 19000 27100 34100 45000 55800 “NASA Aqua”: 8750 11800 16200 19800 26200 “NASA MODIS”: 14800 19500 30400 43600 57500
Tech. and Proc. Articles: 8865 Avg. citation: 11.2/article
Technical Articles: 6176 Avg. citation: 15.23/article
Last STM Last STM
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• Launch: Dec 18, 1999
• First light: Feb 24, 2000
• A-side: launch - Oct 30, 2000
• B-side: Oct 30, 2000 - June 15, 2001
• A-side: July 02, 2001 - Sept 17, 2002
• A-side electronics and B-side formatter: Sept 17, 2002 - present
• BB nominally set at 290 K
• SD door fixed at “open” since July 02, 2003
– Large SD degradation
• SRCA operated with 2 10-W lamps since 2006
• CFPA controlled at 83 K (was set 85 K briefly: 3-5 Aug 2000)
Instrument Operations - Terra MODIS
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• Launch: May 04, 2002
• First light: June 24, 2002
• B-side: launch - present
• BB nominally operated at 285 K
• SD calibration: gradually reduced frequency
• SRCA operated with 2 10-W lamps since 2005
• CFPA controlled at 83 K (was set 85 K briefly: 3-5 Aug 2000)
– Small increase of cold FPA temperatures since 2007
Instrument Operations - Aqua MODIS
Details on MODIS Instrument Operation and Calibration: http://mcst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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SDSM
Scan Mirror
Solar
Diffuser
SRCA
Blackbody
Space
View
Lunar views through SV port
Calibration and Characterization Activities
Blackbody (BB) for thermal emissive bands (TEB) calibration
Solar diffuser (SD) and solar diffuser stability monitor (SDSM) for reflective solar bands (RSB) calibration
Spectroradiometric Calibration Assembly (SRCA) for instrument spectral and spatial characterization
Calibration Maneuvers
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Calibration and Characterization Activities
Terra MODIS
Others: Maneuvers Ground Targets Inter-comparisons Nighttime day mode ops
BB WUCD: 270 - 315K; SRCA: 3 modes 8
Terra Aqua
123 103
80 60
373 248
84 48
656 493
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• Instrument and On-board Calibrators (OBC)
• Radiometric – Spectral band responses
– Detector noise characterization
• Spectral – Center wavelengths and bandwidths
• Spatial – Band-to-band registration (BBR)
• Geometric – Geolocation
On-orbit Performance
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Instrument Temperatures
Terra MODIS: less than 3.5 K increase over 12 years
Aqua MODIS: less than 2.0 K increase over 10 years
Last STM
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Terra MODIS: VIS, NIR
VIS and NIR FPA Temperatures
Aqua MODIS: VIS, NIR
VIS & NIR FPA temperatures: similar to instrument temperatures
No temperature control for VIS/NIR FPA
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Terra MODIS: SMIR; LWIR
Aqua MODIS: SMIR; LWIR Increase of CFPA temperatures in recent years (0.7 K)
SMIR and LWIR FPA Temperatures
Aqua CFPA Performance and Operation Reviews (5/7/2010, 4/25/2012, 3/27/2013)
Last STM
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Solar Diffuser (SD) Degradation
Increased SD degradation due to SD door fixed at “open”
Terra MODIS
Aqua MODIS
412nm
465nm
533nm
l
Gradually reduced SD/SDSM calibration frequency Larger degradation at shorter l
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Solar Diffuser (SD) Degradation
Terra MODIS
Aqua MODIS
SD degradation as a function of l
Larger degradation at shorter l
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yr 1
yr 8
yr 13
yr 11
MODIS and VIIRS SD degradation
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Blackbody Temperatures (nominal operation)
Terra MODIS: less than 30 mK increase over 13 years
Aqua MODIS: excellent long-term stability
B-Side
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Blackbody Temperatures (nominal operation)
Terra MODIS: short-term
1-week trend
2-Orbits: 2003083 2-Orbits: 2013080
1-week trend
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Blackbody Temperatures (nominal operation)
1-week trend
2-Orbits: 2003083 2-Orbits: 2013080
1-week trend
Aqua MODIS: short-term
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Spectral Band Responses (VIS)
Band Averaged, Mirror Side 1
T-MODIS: SD
Larger changes at shorter wavelengths Wavelength, AOI, and mirror side dependent (small MS diff. in A-MODIS)
T-MODIS: Moon
A-MODIS: SD A-MODIS: Moon
Moon: AOI=11 SD: AOI=50
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A few NIR bands show gain increase over time
T-MODIS: SD T-MODIS: Moon
A-MODIS: SD A-MODIS: Moon
Spectral Band Responses (NIR)
Band Averaged, Mirror Side 1
A-MODIS: Moon
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Detector Noise Characterization
• 36 Spectral Bands with 490 individual detectors
• No new noisy detectors since last STM
• Terra: 45 noisy detectors (30 from pre-launch : 35 at launch) and no inoperable detectors
• Aqua: 7 noisy detectors (2 from pre-launch: 3 at launch) and 15 inoperable detectors (13 in Band 6)
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• Shorter wavelength VIS bands show larger degradation
– Strong wavelength, mirror side, and scan angle dependence
– MS difference in Aqua MODIS is much smaller than Terra MODIS
• A few NIR bands show gain increases over time
• Changes in SWIR responses are very small
– SWIR bands are located on CFPA with MWIR bands
• TEB (MWIR and LWIR) responses have been very stable
– Less than 2% changes over entire mission, except up to 10% for Terra
LWIR PV bands 27-30
• Overall SNR and NEdT performance remains satisfactory
– Only 1 new noisy detector in last 3 years
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Radiometric Performance Summary
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Terra MODIS CW Change Aqua MODIS CW Change
Terra MODIS BW Change Aqua MODIS BW Change
Spectral Characterization Performance
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Terra MODIS along-scan BBR
Along-scan Along-scan
Along-track Along-track
Aqua MODIS along-scan BBR
Terra MODIS along-track BBR Aqua MODIS along-track BBR
Spatial Characterization Performance
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CFPA CFPA
Aqua BBR: a known issue since pre-launch
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Terra MODIS Geolocation Results (C6)
RMSE Track: 42 m Scan: 42 m Robert Wolfe et al. 24
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Aqua MODIS Geolocation Results (C6)
RMSE Track: 46 m Scan: 51m Robert Wolfe et al.
Northern/southern hemispherical differences seen in C5 are corrected in C6
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• Large changes in VIS spectral band/detector response
– Mirror side, wavelength, and AOI dependent
– Impact on mirror polarization sensitivity
– Less predictability for the long-term trend
• Strong wavelength dependent SD degradation (larger at shorter l),
especially in Terra MODIS
• Future efforts
– Improve RSB RVS characterization using ground targets (new methodologies)
– Examine and mitigate the impact of large SD degradation on SD/SDSM
calibration accuracy and potentially on the detector RSR
– Further reduce calibration impact due to gradual increase of Aqua CFPA
temperatures
– Characterize Terra and Aqua MODIS calibration consistency
Challenging Issues and Future Efforts
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• Both Terra and Aqua MODIS continue to operate normally
• Instrument on-board calibrators remain capable of all design functions
• Overall sensor performance has been satisfactory (very few noisy detectors in recent years)
• Decade long high quality MODIS data products have significantly contributed to a broad range of scientific studies and applications
• Dedicated calibration and characterization effort, including good communication with the science and user community, has become critically important for future improvement
Summary
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