Intercalibration of FY-3C MWRI Over Forest Warm-Scenes Based on Microwave Radiative Transfer Model

• Published in: IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing Vol. 60; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Zhang, Wen-Liang, Jiang, Geng-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Coefficients; Electromagnetic heating; Emissivity; Forests; Functions (mathematics); Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM); Intercalibration; Meteorological satellites; Microwave imagery; Microwave imaging; Microwave measurement; microwave propagation; Microwave radiation; microwave radiation imager (MWRI); Microwave radiometers; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Normalized difference vegetative index; Orbits; Plant cover; Polynomials; Radiative transfer; Radiometers; Rainforests; Spectroradiometers; Surface radiation temperature; Tropical climate; Tropical forests; Vegetation; Vegetation index

In order to cover the warm end of Earth-scene brightness temperature (TB) range of passive microwave radiometers, intercalibration over warm scenes is necessary. This article presents a methodology to intercalibrate the microwave radiation imager (MWRI) on the Chinese second-generation meteorologica...