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These assessments are based on laboratory measurements, and although highly useful, do not necessarily translate to OOB contribution with consideration of true Earth-reflected or Earth-emitted spectra, especially given the significant spectral variation of Earth targets. That is, although the OOB contribution of VIIRS is well known, it is not a uniform quantity applicable across all scene types. As such, this article quantifies OOB contribution for multiple relative spectral response characterization versions across the S-NPP, NOAA-20, and JPSS-2 VIIRS sensors as a function of varied SCIAMACHY- and IASI-measured hyperspectral Earth-reflected and Earth-emitted scenes. For instance, this paper reveals measured radiance variations of nearly 2% for the S-NPP VIIRS M5 (~0.67 \u03bcm) band, and up to 5.7% for certain VIIRS M9 (~1.38 \u03bcm) and M13 (~4.06 \u03bcm) bands that are owed solely to the truncation of OOB response for a set of spectrally distinct Earth scenes. If unmitigated, e.g., by only considering the published extended bandpass, such variations may directly translate to scene-dependent scaling discrepancies or subtle errors in vegetative index determinations. Therefore, knowledge of OOB effects is especially important for inter-calibration or environmental retrieval efforts that rely on specific or multiple categories of Earth scene spectra, and also to researchers whose products rely on the impacted channels. Additionally, instrument teams may find this evaluation method useful for pre-launch characterization of OOB contribution with specific Earth targets in mind rather than relying on general models.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12193267","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,8]],"date-time":"2020-10-08T10:22:25Z","timestamp":1602152545000},"page":"3267","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evaluating the Magnitude of VIIRS Out-of-Band Response for Varying Earth Spectra"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Benjamin","family":"Scarino","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton 23666, VA, USA"}]},{"given":"David R.","family":"Doelling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton 23666, VA, USA"}]},{"given":"Rajendra","family":"Bhatt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton 23666, VA, USA"}]},{"given":"Arun","family":"Gopalan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton 23666, VA, USA"}]},{"given":"Conor","family":"Haney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton 23666, VA, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Moeller, C., McIntire, J., Schwarting, T., and Moyer, D. 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