Intercalibration of Polar-Orbiting Spectral Radiometers Without Simultaneous Observations

Terhikki, Manninen; Riihelä, Aku; Lattanzio, Alessio; Key, Jeffrey

doi:10.1109/tgrs.2017.2764627

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Intercalibration of Polar-Orbiting Spectral Radiometers Without Simultaneous Observations

2017
By Terhikki, Manninen ; Riihelä, Aku ; Lattanzio, Alessio ; ...

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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
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Terhikki, Manninen ; Riihelä, Aku ; Lattanzio, Alessio ; Key, Jeffrey
Corporate Authors:

Finnish Meteorological Institute ; European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) ; NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
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NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
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A new intercalibration method for two polar-orbiting satellite instruments or two instrument constellations' Fundamental Climate Data Records (FCDRs) is presented. It is based on statistical fitting of reflectance data from the two instruments covering the same area during the same period, but not simultaneously. A Deming regression with iterative weights is used. The accuracy of the intercalibration method itself was better than 0.5% for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) versus MODIS and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) versus AVHRR test data sets. The intercalibration of an AVHRR FCDR generated by NOAA versus a combined MODIS Terra and Aqua data set of red and near-infrared (NIR) channels was carried out and showed a difference in the reflectance values of about 2% (red) and 6% (NIR). The presented intercalibration method can be used for checking the calibration of two instruments or FCDRs in all viewing angles used separately.
Keywords:

Atmospheric Conditions Atmospheric Correction Calibration Distribution Of Points Footprint Greenland Ice Sheet High Resolution Radiometer Ice Sheet Linear Regression Meteorology MODIS Optical Tomography Original Point Orthogonal Regression Peak Distribution Polar-orbiting Satellites Red Channel Red Wavelengths Reflectance Data Reflectance Distribution Reflectance Values Regression Parameters Remote Sensing Satellite Broadcasting Satellite Instruments Series Of Satellites Simultaneous Observation Solar Angle Spatial Resolution Statistics Terra Satellites Top-of-atmosphere Reflectance Viewing Angle Zenith Angle
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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 56(3), 1507 - 1519
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https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2017.2764627
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0196-2892 ; 1558-0644
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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