Murakami, H, Tadono, T, Imai, H, Nieke, J, Shimada, M (2009). Improvement of AVNIR-2 Radiometric Calibration by Comparison of Cross-Calibration and Onboard Lamp Calibration. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 47(12), 4051-4059.
The Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2) on-orbit radiometric performance has been improved through the comparison of cross-calibration and on-board lamp calibration. We proposed a new cross-calibration scheme which uses top-of-atmosphere reflectance functions of satellite zenith angle at temporally and spatially stable ground sites. Each function is made from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 500-m resolution data over 16 days, which includes AVNIR-2 observation dates. The results showed that the radiances of AVNIR-2 bands 1 (463 nm), 2 (560 nm), and 3 (652 nm) agreed with the radiances of Aqua and Terra MODIS within 3% accuracy (standard deviation of 2%). AVNIR-2 band 4 (821 nm) had a difference of about 7% (AVNIR-2