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This study is initiated as part of the examination into the performance of key shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands for SNPP VIIRS ocean color data processing and applications, with Band M11 playing key role over turbid and inland waters. The evaluation utilizes simultaneous nadir overpasses (SNOs) to compare SNPP VIIRS Band M11 against Band 7 of the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) in the Aqua satellite over concurrently observed scenes. The standard result of the radiance comparison is a seemingly uncontrolled and inconsistent time series unsuitable for further analyses, in great contrast to other matching band-pairs whose radiometric comparisons are typically stable around 1.0 within 1% variation. The mismatching relative spectral response (RSR) between the two respective bands, with SNPP VIIRS M11 at 2225 to 2275 nm and Aqua MODIS B7 at 2125 to 2175 nm, is demonstrated to be the cause of the large variation because of the different dependence of the spectral responses of the two bands over identical scenes. A consistent radiometric comparison time series, however, can be extracted from SNO events that occur over snowy surfaces. A customized selection and analysis procedure successfully identifies the snowy scenes within the SNO events and builds a stable comparison time series. Particularly instrumental for the success of the comparison is the use of the half-kilometer spatial resolution data of Aqua MODIS B7 that significantly enhances the statistics. The final refined time series of Aqua MODIS B7 radiance over the SNPP VIIRS M11 radiance is stable at around 0.39 within 2.5% showing no evidence of drift. The radiometric ratio near 0.39 suggests the strong presence of medium-grained snow of a mixed-snow condition in those SNO scenes leading to successful comparison. The multi-year stability indicates the correctness of the on-orbit RSB calibration of SNPP VIIRS M11 whose result does not suffer from long-term drift.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10030413","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,8]],"date-time":"2018-03-08T12:07:33Z","timestamp":1520510853000},"page":"413","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Radiometric Evaluation of SNPP VIIRS Band M11 via Sub-Kilometer Intercomparison with Aqua MODIS Band 7 over Snowy Scenes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Mike","family":"Chu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NOAA\/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, E\/RA3, 5830 University Research Ct., College Park, MD 20740, USA"},{"name":"Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5913-0510","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Junqiang","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NOAA\/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, E\/RA3, 5830 University Research Ct., College Park, MD 20740, USA"},{"name":"Global Science and Technology, 7855 Walker Drive, Suite 200, Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7019-3125","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Menghua","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NOAA\/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, E\/RA3, 5830 University Research Ct., College Park, MD 20740, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2809","DOI":"10.3390\/rs6042809","article-title":"Initial stability assessment of S-NPP VIIRS reflective solar band calibration using invariant desert and deep convective cloud targets","volume":"6","author":"Bhatt","year":"2014","journal-title":"Remote Sens."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11664","DOI":"10.1002\/2013JD020418","article-title":"Suomi NPP VIIRS sensor data record verification, validation, and long-term performance monitoring","volume":"118","author":"Cao","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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