Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 12, 1211001(2018)

Calculation of Geostationary Satellites' Nominal Fixed Grid and Its Application in FY-4A Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager

Jing Wang*, Chengbao Liu, Lei Yang**, Jian Shang, and Zhiqing Zhang
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  • National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China
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    Schematic of scanning mirror optical path of FY-4A imager
    Satellite coordinates defined in CGMS
    Satellite coordinates defined in GOES-R
    East-west and north-south pointing angles in CGMS and GOES-R
    (a) Caspian sea L1 image+CGMS coastline; (b) Caspian sea L1 image+GOES-R coastline; (c) Caspian sea transformed image+GOES-R coastline
    (a) Western coastline of Australia L1 image+CGMS coastline; (b) western coastline of Australia L1 image+GOES-R coastline; (c) western coastline of Australia transformed image+GOES-R coastline
    (a) Eastern coastline of Australia L1 image+CGMS coastline; (b) eastern coastline of Australia L1 image+GOES-R coastline; (c) eastern coastline of Australia transformed image+GOES-R coastline
    (a) Somalia L1 image+CGMS coastline; (b) Somalia L1 image+GOES-R coastline; (c) Somalia transformed image+GOES-R coastline
    (a) Western coastline of Java island L1 image+CGMS coastline; (b) western coastline of Java island L1 image+GOES-R coastline; (c) western coastline of Java island transformed image+GOES-R coastline
    (a) Sakhalin island L1 image+CGMS coastline; (b) Sakhalin island L1 image+GOES-R coastline; (c) Sakhalin island transformed image+GOES-R coastline
    Distribution of calculated coastlines on the full disk
    (a) Differences of east-west angles between FY-4A and GOES-R; (b) differences of north-south angles between FY-4A and GOES-R
    (a) Differences of east-west angles between FY-4A and CGMS; (b) differences of north-south angles between FY-4A and CGMS
    • Table 1. Scanning and stepping angles of normal fixed grid

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      Table 1. Scanning and stepping angles of normal fixed grid

      DefinitionCalculation formulaPositive direction
      CGMSβ=λS2=12arctanSySxα=ϕS2=12arcsinSzSx2+Sy2+Sz2Northwest
      GOES-Rβ=x2=12arcsin-SyS2x+S2y+S2zα=y2=12arctanSzSxNortheast
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    Jing Wang, Chengbao Liu, Lei Yang, Jian Shang, Zhiqing Zhang. Calculation of Geostationary Satellites' Nominal Fixed Grid and Its Application in FY-4A Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(12): 1211001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jun. 6, 2018

    Accepted: Aug. 13, 2018

    Published Online: May. 10, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.1211001

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