Results of calibrations of the NOAA-11 AVHRR made by reference to calibrated SPOT imagery at White Sands, N.M.

Che Nianzeng; Barbara G. Grant; David E. Flittner; Philip N. Slater; Stuart F. Biggar; Ray D. Jackson; M. Susan Moran

doi:10.1117/12.46696

1 August 1991 Results of calibrations of the NOAA-11 AVHRR made by reference to calibrated SPOT imagery at White Sands, N.M.

Che Nianzeng, Barbara G. Grant, David E. Flittner, Philip N. Slater, Stuart F. Biggar, Ray D. Jackson, M. Susan Moran

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Proceedings Volume 1493, Calibration of Passive Remote Observing Optical and Microwave Instrumentation; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46696
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The calibration method reported here makes use of the reflectances of several large, uniform areas determined from calibrated and atmospherically corrected SPOT Haute Resolution Visible (HRV) scenes of White Sands, New Mexico. These reflectances were used to predict the radiances in the first two channels of the NOAA-11 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). The digital counts in the AVHRR image corresponding to these known reflectance areas were determined by the use of two image registration techniques. The plots of digital counts versus pixel radiance provided the calibration gains and offsets for the AVHRR. A reduction in the gains of 4 and 13 percent in channels 1 and 2 respectively was found during the period 1988-11-19 to 1990-6-21. An error budget is presented for the method and is extended to the case of cross-calibrating sensors on the same orbital platform in the Earth Observing System (EOS) era.

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Che Nianzeng, Barbara G. Grant, David E. Flittner, Philip N. Slater, Stuart F. Biggar, Ray D. Jackson, and M. Susan Moran "Results of calibrations of the NOAA-11 AVHRR made by reference to calibrated SPOT imagery at White Sands, N.M.", Proc. SPIE 1493, Calibration of Passive Remote Observing Optical and Microwave Instrumentation, (1 August 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46696

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