EARTH POLYCHROMATIC IMAGING CAMERA (EPIC) LEVEL 1 (L1) DATA ARE THE BASE FOR THE EPIC LEVEL 2 (L2) PRODUCTS SUCH AS OZONE VEGETATION INDEX OR CLOUD PROPERTIES. ANY SYSTEMATIC ERROR IN THE L1 DATA EITHER FROM INCOMPLETE PRE-LAUNCH CALIBRATION OR FROM UNDETECTED CALIBRATION CHANGES ON ORBIT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT ALL L2 PRODUCTS. THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO IMPROVE THE PRE-LAUNCH STRAY LIGHT CALIBRATION OF EPIC BASED ON PROPER RE-ANALYSIS OF PRELAUNCH DATA TAKEN IN THE LABORATORY. IF NOT PROPERLY ANALYZED THE STRAY LIGHT CORRECTION WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF EPIC'S L1 AND L2 DATA. THE INPUT FOR OUR PROPOSED CALIBRATION AND MAINTENANCE WORK ARE THE PRE-LAUNCH LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS. THE OUTPUT OF OUR PROPOSAL WILL BE A STRAY LIGHT CORRECTION MATRIX BASED ON THE RE-ANALYZED PRE-LAUNCH STRAY LIGHT CHARACTERIZATION DATA.
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