Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 6, 0630001(2022)

Pre-Launch Radiometric Calibration of Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder on FengYun-4B Satellite

Lu Li1、*, Zhuoya Ni1, Chengli Qi1、**, Lei Yang1, and Changpei Han2
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Satellite Meteorological Center, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Infrared System Detection and Imaging Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China
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    Schematic diagram of FY-4B/GIIRS optical system
    Layouts of infrared plane array detector. (a) FY-4A/GIIRS; (b) FY-4B/GIIRS
    Spectral coverage range of geostationary satellite hyperspectral instrument
    FY-4B/GIIRS NEdR spectra calculated using CBB, HBB, and ICT data, respectively
    NEdRs of all FOVs in the two bands of FY-4B/GIIRS [subplot shows that the NEdR level of LWIR FOV-96 is higher than that of others (take FOV-56 as example)]
    Nonlinear raw spectrum of ICT in LWIR band (subplot shows nonlinear spectrum in low frequency range)
    Comparison of GIIRS spectral responsivity before and after nonlinearity correction. (a) FOV-56 spectral responsivity before nonlinearity correction; (b) FOV-56 spectral responsivity after nonlinearity correction
    Calibrated BT spectra, BT bias, and residual standard deviation of FOV-56 pixel after nonlinear correction. (a) Calibrated BT spectra; (b) BT bias; (c) residual standard deviation
    Calibrated BT spectra, BT bias, and residual standard deviation of FOV-56 pixel after nonlinear correction. (a) Calibrated BT spectra; (b) BT bias; (c) residual standard deviation
    Calibrated BT spectra, BT bias, and residual standard deviation of FOV-96 pixel after nonlinear correction. (a) Calibrated BT spectra; (b) BT bias; (c) residual standard deviation
    BT residual of all FOVs at THBB of 280 K
    BT differences of GIIRS observations at different THBB (take FOV-56 as example)
    HBB BT residual corresponding to GIIRS observation dynamic range
    • Table 1. Main performance indexes of FY-4B/GIIRS

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      Table 1. Main performance indexes of FY-4B/GIIRS

      ItemLWIRMWIR
      Spectral range /cm-1680--11301650--2250
      Maximum optical pathdifference /cm0.80.8
      Resolution /cm-10.6250.625
      Number of channels721961
      NEdR /[mW·(m2·sr·cm-1)-1]<0.5<0.1
      Spatial resolution(sub-satellite point) /(km×km)12×1212×12
      Frequency uncertainty /10-61010
      Radiometric calibration accuracy /K0.70.7
    • Table 2. Temperature set-points of external HBB for radiometric calibrationK

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      Table 2. Temperature set-points of external HBB for radiometric calibrationK

      No.THBBTCBBTICT
      1180.1598.98300.79
      2190.1579.79300.24
      3200.1578.80300.21
      4210.1578.66300.22
      5220.1578.51300.22
      6230.1578.31300.20
      7235.1578.47300.26
      8240.1578.93300.38
      9245.1578.13300.53
      10250.1577.95300.65
      11255.1577.93300.79
      12260.1577.90300.92
      13265.1577.86301.02
      14270.1577.87301.19
      15280.1576.99301.30
      16290.1576.92301.43
      17295.1576.97301.54
      18300.1577.86301.93
      19305.1577.73301.99
      20310.1577.58301.99
      21315.1577.61302.04
      22320.1577.60302.08
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    Lu Li, Zhuoya Ni, Chengli Qi, Lei Yang, Changpei Han. Pre-Launch Radiometric Calibration of Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder on FengYun-4B Satellite[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(6): 0630001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Spectroscopy

    Received: Aug. 4, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 15, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Li Lu (lilu@cma.gov.cn), Qi Chengli (qicl@cma.gov.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.0630001

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