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NOAA-20 Standardized Calibration Parameters

1. Solar Spectral Irradiance (Thuillier 2003)

2. VIIRS band width, band center, and Esun (in band solar irradiance)


NOAA-20 RSR

Band Center
(nm)		 Min HM
(nm)		 Max HM
(nm)		 FWHM
(nm)		 Thuillier based Esun
RSB: W/[m2.µm]
DNB: mW/cm2
I1 642.3 602.9 681.8 78.9 1588.55
I2 867.4 849.2 885.7 36.5 949.29
I3 1603.2 1572.8 1633.6 60.7 250.03
M1 410.9 401.7 420.0 18.2 1728.57
M2 444.8 436.3 453.4 17.0 1925.50
M3 488.7 479.1 498.2 19.1 1978.08
M4 556.5 547.4 565.5 18.1 1827.53
M5 667.3 657.6 676.9 19.3 1510.96
M6 746.2 739.5 752.9 13.4 1275.41
M7 867.6 849.4 885.8 36.5 949.80
M8 1238.4 1225.3 1251.4 26.1 455.99
M9 1375.8 1368.5 1383.0 14.5 365.16
M10 1603.8 1573.7 1633.9 60.2 249.75
M11 2258.2 2232.2 2284.2 52.0 77.10
DNB LGS 694.8 499.1 890.5 391.4 48.03


TEB Bands

Band Center
(nm)		 Min HM
(nm)		 Max HM
(nm)		 FWHM
(nm)
I4 3747.6 3553.9 3941.3 387.5
I5 11483.1 10545.6 12420.6 1875.1
M12 3697.9 3600.5 3795.3 194.8
M13 4070.0 3993.4 4146.5 153.0
M14 8580.3 8410.2 8750.3 340.1
M15 10730.9 10230.0 11231.8 1001.7
M16 11882.9 11420.5 12345.3 924.8

Notes:

  1. In-band solar irradiance is computed using Thuillier 2003 spectra
  2. DNB unit: mW/cm2.