Paper Info
Title
Overview of FY-3 Payload and Ground Application System
Abstract
The payload on board the FengYun 3 (FY-3) satellite series has been providing critical observations to the Earth, and the observation data have been processed and distributed to various users by the corresponding ground application system. In this paper, the FY-3 payload and its future development plan are presented, and its ground system is introduced. The major characteristics of the FY-3 instruments and the requirement on the instruments for major applications are discussed as well. There are nine new instruments, including the Microwave Temperature Sounder (MWTS), Microwave Humidity Sounder (MWHS), Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (IRAS), Medium-Resolution Spectral Imager (MERSI), Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI), Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder, Total Ozone Unit, Solar Irradiation Monitor, and Earth Radiation Measurement. The data quality from the IRAS, MWTS, MWHS, and MWRI has proved to be good, and according to our evaluation at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the data have a very high availability. The MERSI has 20 visible (VIS) and infrared (IR) channels, of which three are VIS channels with a 250-m spatial resolution, one is a near-IR channel with a 250-m spatial resolution, and one is a long-wave IR channel with a 250-m spatial resolution. The global data at a 250-m spatial resolution are very useful in weather, disaster, and environmental monitoring. Compared with the ground observations, the ozone products derived from the FY-3 series are highly accurate. We have completed the calibration and validation of these sensors and most products.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/TGRS.2012.2197826
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
visible channels,remote sensor,Total Ozone Unit,atmospheric measuring apparatus,Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder,ground application system,remote sensing,Earth Radiation Measurement,calibration,FY-3 payload,FengYun 3 (FY-3),Microwave Humidity Sounder,MERSI,MWHS,FengYun 3 satellite series,data products,infrared imaging,Solar Irradiation Monitor,ECMWF,data quality,infrared channels,Microwave Radiation Imager,microwave measurement,Microwave Temperature Sounder,MWTS,Earth observation data,Medium Resolution Spectral Imager,FY-3 ground application system,Infrared Atmospheric Sounder,IRAS,sensor validation,fengyun 3 (fy-3),sensor calibration,European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts,MWRI
Meteorology,Microwave,Satellite,Backscatter,Remote sensing,Microwave imaging,Image resolution,Calibration,Mathematics,Payload,Microwave humidity sounder
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
50
12
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.93
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhongdong Yang1144.33
Naimeng Lu2306.21
Jinming Shi3152.31
Peng Zhang46817.27
Chaohua Dong5142.31
Jun Yang614736.54