Vicarious absolute radiometric calibration of GF-2 PMS2 sensor using permanent artificial targets in China

Yaokai Liu; Chuanrong Li; Lingling Ma; Ning Wang; Yonggang Qian; Lingli Tang

doi:10.1117/12.2240472

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19 October 2016 Vicarious absolute radiometric calibration of GF-2 PMS2 sensor using permanent artificial targets in China

Yaokai Liu, Chuanrong Li, Lingling Ma, Ning Wang, Yonggang Qian, Lingli Tang

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Proceedings Volume 10000, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XX; 1000019 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240472
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

GF-2, launched on August 19 2014, is one of the high-resolution land resource observing satellite of the China GF series satellites plan. The radiometric performance evaluation of the onboard optical pan and multispectral (PMS2) sensor of GF-2 satellite is very important for the further application of the data. And, the vicarious absolute radiometric calibration approach is one of the most useful way to monitor the radiometric performance of the onboard optical sensors. In this study, the traditional reflectance-based method is used to vicarious radiometrically calibrate the onboard PMS2 sensor of GF-2 satellite using three black, gray and white reflected permanent artificial targets located in the AOE Baotou site in China. Vicarious field calibration campaign were carried out in the AOE-Baotou calibration site on 22 April 2016. And, the absolute radiometric calibration coefficients were determined with in situ measured atmospheric parameters and surface reflectance of the permanent artificial calibration targets. The predicted TOA radiance of a selected desert area with our determined calibrated coefficients were compared with the official distributed calibration coefficients. Comparison results show a good consistent and the mean relative difference of the multispectral channels is less than 5%. Uncertainty analysis was also carried out and a total uncertainty with 3.87% is determined of the TOA radiance.

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Yaokai Liu, Chuanrong Li, Lingling Ma, Ning Wang, Yonggang Qian, and Lingli Tang "Vicarious absolute radiometric calibration of GF-2 PMS2 sensor using permanent artificial targets in China", Proc. SPIE 10000, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XX, 1000019 (19 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240472

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