Title
Reflectance-based calibration of Beijing-1 micro-satellite
Abstract
To fulfill the objectives of Beijing-1 micro-satellite on-orbit calibration experiment, two in-flight calibration experiments were carried out on September 3 and 13, 2008 at Dunhuang Calibration Site. Two simultaneous datasets including Beijing-1 data and the in-situ surface reflectance and atmospheric measurements, were acquired at the calibration area. During the period of the calibration experiments, some dark sea images were captured to calculate the dark current of Biejing-1. With the reflectance of calibration targets, the atmospheric optical depths, and the water vapor constraints, the 6S radiative transfer code was used to calculate the equivalent radiance of Beijing-1 to the top of the atmosphere (TOA). The reflectance calibration algorithm was taken to calculate the absolute radiometric calibration coefficients of Beijing-1 multi-spectral cameras. The calibration results of Sep. 3 and that of Sep. 13 are very similar. The biggest relative error between the two results is only 3.77%. This proves the calibration results are reasonable.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417751
IGARSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
ad 2008 09 13,beijing-1,geophysical techniques,remote sensing,geophysical equipment,ad 2008 09 03,dark sea images,calibration,reflectancebased,reflectance-based,multispectral camera,reflectance-based calibration,beijing-1 microsatellite,radiative transfer,artificial satellites,dark current,atmospheric optical depth,dunhuang calibration site,in-situ surface reflectance measurement,water vapor constraint,on-orbit calibration experiment,absolute radiometric calibration coefficient,atmospheric measurement,top of the atmosphere radiance,multispectral imaging,geoscience,relative error,water vapor,reflectivity,optical imaging
Radiometric calibration,Satellite,Computer science,Remote sensing,Optics,Dark current,Radiative transfer,Radiance,Water vapor,Calibration,Approximation error
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3
2153-6996
978-1-4244-3395-7
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.42
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhengchao Chen12210.85
Bing Zhang242274.10
Xiaoyong Zhang310.42
Hao Zhang412.45
Junsheng Li510.42