Title
Cross-Calibration between ASTER and MODIS Visible to Near-Infrared Bands for Improvement of ASTER Radiometric Calibration.
Abstract
Radiometric cross-calibration between the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and the Terra-Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) has been partially used to derive the ASTER radiometric calibration coefficient (RCC) curve as a function of date on visible to near-infrared bands. However, cross-calibration is not sufficiently accurate, since the effects of the differences in the sensor's spectral and spatial responses are not fully mitigated. The present study attempts to evaluate radiometric consistency across two sensors using an improved cross-calibration algorithm to address the spectral and spatial effects and derive cross-calibration-based RCCs, which increases the ASTER calibration accuracy. Overall, radiances measured with ASTER bands 1 and 2 are on averages 3.9% and 3.6% greater than the ones measured on the same scene with their MODIS counterparts and ASTER band 3N (nadir) is 0.6% smaller than its MODIS counterpart in current radiance/reflectance products. The percentage root mean squared errors (%RMSEs) between the radiances of two sensors are 3.7, 4.2, and 2.3 for ASTER band 1, 2, and 3N, respectively, which are slightly greater or smaller than the required ASTER radiometric calibration accuracy (4%). The uncertainty of the cross-calibration is analyzed by elaborating the error budget table to evaluate the International System of Units (SI)-traceability of the results. The use of the derived RCCs will allow further reduction of errors in ASTER radiometric calibration and subsequently improve interoperability across sensors for synergistic applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3390/s17081793
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
ASTER,MODIS,VNIR,cross-calibration,RCC,radiance,uncertainty
Nadir,Radiometric calibration,Aster (genus),VNIR,Remote sensing,Spectroradiometer,Engineering,Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer,Calibration,Radiance
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
8.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
16
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kenta Obata13715.95
Satoshi Tsuchida212419.92
Hirokazu Yamamoto32811.08
Kurtis J. Thome4264107.87