List of vicarious calibration methods
applied to low-earth-orbiting sensors. Clicking on a vicarious
calibration method leads to a web page that contains results for all
same make instruments – e.g., MetOp-A IASI, MetOp-B IASI, etc.
| Agency |
Satellite |
Sensor |
Vicarious Calibration Method |
| CMA |
FY-1 |
VHRSR - Very High Resolution Scanning Radiometers |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| CMA |
FY-3 |
VIRR - Visible InfraRed Radiometer |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| CMA |
FY-3 |
MRVIR - Moderate Resolution Visible
and Infrared Imager |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| CMA |
FY-3 |
MRI - Microwave Radiation Imager |
Earth Target Calibration |
| CMA |
FY-3 |
IAS - Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| CMA |
FY-3 |
MWTS - MicroWave atmospheric Temperature
Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration |
| NOAA |
POES |
AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution
Radiometer |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| NOAA |
POES |
HIRS - High-resolution InfraRed Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| NOAA |
POES |
AMSU - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
Earth Target Calibration |
| NOAA |
POES |
MHS - Microwave Humidity Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration |
| NOAA |
POES |
SBUV - Solar Backscatter UltraViolet |
Earth Target Calibration
Solar Calibration |
| EUMETSAT |
MetOp |
AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution
Radiometer |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| EUMETSAT |
MetOp |
HIRS - High-resolution InfraRed Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| EUMETSAT |
MetOp |
AMSU - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
Earth Target Calibration |
| EUMETSAT |
MetOp |
MHS - Microwave Humidity Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration |
| EUMETSAT |
MetOp |
IASI - Infrared Atmospheric Sounding
Interferometer |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| EUMETSAT |
MetOp |
GOME-2 - Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
Series-2 |
Earth Target Calibration
Solar Calibration |
| NASA |
EOS |
AIRS - Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration |
| NASA |
EOS |
HSB – Humidity Sounder of Brazil |
Earth Target Calibration |
| NASA |
EOS |
MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
Earth Target Calibration
DCC Calibration
Lunar Calibration
Solar Calibration |
| NASA |
EOS |
OMI – Ozone Monitoring Instrument |
Earth Target Calibration
Solar Calibration |
