Evaluation and Correction of the Radiometric Calibration Biases in MERSI-RM/FY-3G Middle Infrared and Thermal Infrared Channels Against MODIS/Aqua Channels

• Published in: IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing Vol. 63; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Jiang, Ming-Xu, Jiang, Geng-Ming, Chen, Hao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 2025; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Atmospheric modeling; Bias; Calibration; Channels; double-difference (DD) method; Errors; Instruments; Intercalibration; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Matching; MEdium Resolution Spectral Imager for the Rainfall Mission (MERSI-RM); Microwave radiometry; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); MODIS; Ocean temperature; Orbital stability; Radiative transfer; radiative transfer model; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Sea surface; Spectral sensitivity; Spectroradiometers

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