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Radiometric cross-calibration of the CBERS-02 CCD camera with the TERRA MODIS

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For the application of the CCD camera, the most important payload on CBERS-02, the key is to provide long-term stable radiometric calibration coefficients. Although the vicarious calibration had been proved successful, it had its limitations such as test site requirement and unsuitable for historical data. Cross-calibration is one of the alternative methods, but it needs synchro surface spectrum to achieve spectral band matching factors. Our effort is to probe the influences on these factors. Simulations with a lot of surface spectrum showed that the factors changed with the viewing geometry, atmospheric condition and surface targets. However, simulating with the same viewing geometry and atmospheric condition, the spectral band matching factors of the same or similar surface targets, spectrum acquired from different dates and different places would like to be consistent to each other within 1%–5%. Thus, the synchro measurement data can be substituted by the same or similar target from other source. Based on this method, using the MODIS as the reference, the cross-calibration was performed for CCD camera. The research demonstrated that the traditional method with single calibration site was inappropriate for CCD camera, since the offsets for its four spectral bands were not zeros. With four calibration sites, these offsets were obtained. And the camera was detected to degrade with dates based on four times of cross-calibrations.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Jointly Sponsored by the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Normal University, 100101, Beijing, China

    Li Xiaoying, Gu Xingfa, Yu Tao, Zhang Yong & Li Xiaowen

  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, China

    Li Xiaoying & Zhang Yong

  3. The Center for National Spaceborne Demonstration, 100101, Beijing, China

    Li Xiaoying, Gu Xingfa, Yu Tao, Zhang Yong & Li Xiaowen

  4. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Climat Sol Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France

    Gu Xingfa

  5. China Center for Resource Satellite Data and Application, 100830, Beijing, China

    Min Xiangjun & Fu Qiaoyan

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Li, X., Gu, X., Min, X. et al. Radiometric cross-calibration of the CBERS-02 CCD camera with the TERRA MODIS. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 48 (Suppl 2), 44–60 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03039424

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