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OLCI-A/B tandem phase: evaluation of FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX)-like radiances and estimation of systematic differences between OLCI-A and OLCI-FLEX
Lena Katharina Jänicke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany
Rene Preusker
Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany
Marco Celesti
ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Marin Tudoroiu
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei 1, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy
Jürgen Fischer
Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6–10, 12165 Berlin, Germany
Dirk Schüttemeyer
ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Matthias Drusch
ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, the Netherlands
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To compare two top-of-atmosphere radiances measured by instruments with different spectral characteristics, a transfer function has been developed. It is applied to a tandem data set of Sentinel-3A and B, for which OLCI-B mimicked the ESA’s eighth Earth Explorer FLEX. We found that OLCI-A measured radiances about 2 % brighter than OLCI-FLEX. Only at larger wavelengths were OLCI-A measurements about 5 % darker. The method is thus successful, being sensitive to calibration and processing issues.
To compare two top-of-atmosphere radiances measured by instruments with different spectral...