Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 8, 20200396(2021)

In-orbit geometric calibration and accuracy evaluation of GaoFen-7 spaceborne laser altimeter

Junfeng Xie1... Ren Liu2,*, Zongwei Wang3, fan Mo1 and Xianhui Dou1 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100048, China
  • 2School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
  • 3Jiangsu Province Surveying & Mapping Engineering Institute, Nanjing 210013, China
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    Figures & Tables(15)
    Earth observation diagram of GF-7 spaceborne laser altimetry system
    Geometric calibration diagram of spaceborne laser based on terrain matching
    Geometric calibration diagram of spaceborne laser based on single footprint image
    Geometric calibration diagram of spaceborne laser based on triggered ground detector. (a) Physical drawing of detectors triggered by GF-7; (b) Spot of GF-7 beam 1 after fitting; (c) Spot of GF-7 beam 2 after fitting
    Test flow chart
    Calibration data in this paper
    Accuracy verification data of GF-7 spaceborne laser
    Precise attitude data of GF-7 satellite
    Precise track data of GF-7 satellite
    The 672th track beam 1 laser elevation precision under three kinds of calibration method
    The 672th track beam 2 laser elevation precision under three kinds of calibration method
    • Table 1. Atmospheric correction of GF-7 calibration laser point

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      Table 1. Atmospheric correction of GF-7 calibration laser point

      Laser point203600254.00204032175.67
      Pressure/Pa90082.3389454.00
      Precipitable water/mm7.430015.1200
      Dry delay/m2.0342.0200
      Wet delay/m0.00060.0012
      Total delay/m2.03402.0210
    • Table 2. Tidal correction of GF-7 calibration laser point

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      Table 2. Tidal correction of GF-7 calibration laser point

      Laser point203600254.00204032175.67
      Solid tide/m0.01330.2257
      Pole tide/m−0.0057−0.0058
      Sea tide/m0.00000.0000
      Wet delay/m0.00100.0018
      Total delay/m0.00860.2217
    • Table 3. Three kinds of calibration methods to calibrate GF-7 laser pointing deviation

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      Table 3. Three kinds of calibration methods to calibrate GF-7 laser pointing deviation

      Calibration methodBeam 1Beam 2
      ${\rm d}\alpha$/(°) ${\rm d}\beta$/(°) ${\rm d}\alpha$/(°) ${\rm d}\beta$/(°)
      TMC0.0300−0.04000.1080−0.0460
      SLFIC0.0310−0.03680.1081−0.0441
      GDC0.0304−0.03780.1073−0.0445
    • Table 4. Accuracy of three calibration methods

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      Table 4. Accuracy of three calibration methods

      Calibration method Beam 1Beam 2
      Mean value/mRMSE/mMean value/mRMSE/m
      TMC−0.7640.363−0.8660.722
      SLFIC−0.6730.196−0.7020.605
      GDC0.0340.177−0.0220.157
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    Junfeng Xie, Ren Liu, Zongwei Wang, fan Mo, Xianhui Dou. In-orbit geometric calibration and accuracy evaluation of GaoFen-7 spaceborne laser altimeter[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20200396

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Dec. 12, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 2, 2021

    The Author Email: Liu Ren (rs_liur@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20200396

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