Simulation of multispectral broadband data from hyperspectral profiles is applicable for many purposes, mainly including sensor assessment and cross-calibration. For the simulation process, several aggregation methods have been proposed. In this paper, three aggregation methods were implemented, to investigate the impacts associated with method on the simulation of multispectral broadband. Comparative analyses were conducted in terms of channel reflectance and several derived vegetation indices, while mainly taking the wide field of view (WFV) sensor onboard Gaofen-6 for case study. Furthermore, impacts on the between-sensor comparability with the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) were discussed. Differences among aggregation methods in reflectance of the Gaofen-6 WFV varied along with channels, and obvious differences were observed in channels over near-infrared (770–890 nm) and red-edge (690–730 nm). Between-sensor difference relative to the Landsat 8 OLI was observed mainly over near-infrared, while the variations among aggregation methods were about 0.4%-2.0%.
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