In-orbit intercalibration of FY-3B/MWRI and applications for monitoring drought and flooding[J]. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2012,16(5):1024-1034. DOI: 10.11834/jrs.20121299.
As a second generation of China’s polar meteorological satellite
FY-3A and FY-3B were launched in 2008 and 2010
respectively
in sun-synchronous orbits located at the altitude of 831 km. FY-3A and FY-3B load totally 11 sensors
including microwave sensors
including microwave temperature sounder (MWTS)
microwave humidity sounder (MWHS) and microwave radiometer imager (MWRI). Analysis on technical features of FY-3 MWRI and AMSR-E and intercalibration can be of greatly help for future applications. In this paper
the FY-3 MWRI data over Yangtze River during spring and summer seasons of 2011 were collected because of serious drought
high temperature
precipitation and flooding. Based on radiative transfer and MWRI features
the polarization and scattering indexes for monitoring drought
precipitation and flooding happened are quantitatively analyzed. Results were also compared with both AMSR-E data and ground station records during the same periods.