27 July 2019 Further adjustment of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program—Operational Linescan System using radar data
Stathakis Demetris, Liakos Leonidas
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Abstract

In the past, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program—Operational Linescan System (DSMP/OLS) data have been successfully adjusted based on the presence of vegetation in each pixel. We propose a further adjustment based on radar data obtained by the SeaWinds scatterometer. It is shown that the adjustment results in substantial accuracy gains, measured as increased correlation with the more accurate Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite data as well as with the existing instances of radiance calibrated DSMP/OLS data. The proposed adjustment is easy to implement. The improvement of the proposed method is particularly significant in arid regions where vegetation is relatively sparse.

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Stathakis Demetris and Liakos Leonidas "Further adjustment of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program—Operational Linescan System using radar data," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 13(3), 034507 (27 July 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.13.034507
Received: 20 March 2019; Accepted: 9 July 2019; Published: 27 July 2019
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KEYWORDS
Vegetation

Defense and security

Meteorological satellites

Radar

Line scan image sensors

Calibration

Backscatter

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