Landsat-5 TM reflective-band absolute radiometric calibration
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
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Abstract
The Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor provides the longest running continuous dataset of moderate spatial resolution remote sensing imagery, dating back to its launch in March 1984. Historically, the radiometric calibration procedure for this imagery used the instrument's response to the Internal Calibrator (IC) on a scene-by-scene basis to determine the gain and offset of each detector. Due to observed degradations in the IC, a new procedure was implemented for U.S.-processed data in May 2003. This new calibration procedure is based on a lifetime radiometric calibration model for the instrument's reflective bands (1-5 and 7) and is derived, in part, from the IC response without the related degradation effects and is tied to the cross calibration with the Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus. Reflective-band absolute radiometric accuracy of the instrument tends to be on the order of 7% to 10%, based on a variety of calibration methods.
Suggested Citation
Chander, G., Helder, D., Markham, B.L., Dewald, J., Kaita, E., Thome, K.J., Micijevic, E., and Ruggles, T., 2004, Landsat-5 TM reflective-band absolute radiometric calibration: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v. 42, no. 12, p. 2747-2760, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2004.836388.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Landsat-5 TM reflective-band absolute radiometric calibration |
| Series title | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |
| DOI | 10.1109/TGRS.2004.836388 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 14 p. |
| First page | 2747 |
| Last page | 2760 |