Deriving an inter-sensor consistent calibration for the AVHRR solar reflectance data record
Abstract
A new set of reflectance calibration coefficients has been derived for channel 1 (0.63 μm) and channel 2 (0.86 μm) of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) flown on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) polar orbiting meteorological satellites. This paper uses several approaches that are radiometrically tied to the observations from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imager to make the first consistent set of AVHRR reflectance calibration coefficients for every AVHRR that has ever flown. Our results indicate that the calibration coefficients presented here provide an accuracy of approximately 2% for channel 1 and 3% for channel 2 relative to that from the MODIS sensor.
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For reflectance wavelengths, a previously published PATMOS-X calibration approach is adopted, with a stated uncertainty of 2% across sensors.
“For reflectance wavelengths, a previously published approach to calibration (“PATMOS-X”) is adopted18, which has a stated uncertainty of 2% across sensors.”
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- Authors
- Heidinger, A. K., Straka, W. C., Molling, C. C., Sullivan, J. T., & Wu, X.
- Affiliations
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Heidinger, Andrew K.
- Venue
- International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-12-14
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 6493-6517
- ISSN
- 0143-1161 (ISSN-L)
- 1366-5901
- OpenAlex
- W2072576141
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 16.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Remote Sensing (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Calibration and Measurement Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Keywords
- AVHRR, MODIS, radiometric calibration, polar-orbiting meteorological satellites, satellite radiometry
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