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Table 11 Vicarious calibration for FTS-2

From: Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite 2 (GOSAT-2): mission overview

Vicarious calibration

SWIR

TIR

Purpose, frequency

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

RRV field campaign

X

X

X

  

Radiometric calibration (once per year, near summer solstice)

Inter-satellite comparison

     

Radiometric comparison with,

X

X

X

X

X

GOSAT/FTS (1–2 days in 6-day revisit)

X

X

X

  

OCO-2, TROPOMI

   

X

X

AIRS, IASI, CrIS

CEOS site monitor

X

X

X

  

Radiometric monitor in several desert sites of CEOS recommendation (every 6 days)

Geometry

     

FOV camera geolocation compared with reference image