Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site

High resolution and wide coverage are important development directions for optical sensors on satellites. Multicamera mosaic imaging technology is often used to combine high resolution with wide coverage. When using data from these sensors for quantitative remote sensing studies, radiometric calibra...

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Main Authors: Yidan Chen, Jie Han, Yutong Li, Yong Xie, Wen Shao, Aonan Hao
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Yidan Chen
Jie Han
Yutong Li
Yong Xie
Wen Shao
Aonan Hao
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Jie Han
Yutong Li
Yong Xie
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Aonan Hao
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description High resolution and wide coverage are important development directions for optical sensors on satellites. Multicamera mosaic imaging technology is often used to combine high resolution with wide coverage. When using data from these sensors for quantitative remote sensing studies, radiometric calibration is important. Based on this, this study employs a cross-calibration method incorporating the random forest algorithm and spectral interpolation to derive the time-series calibration coefficients for the charge-coupled device (CCD) sensors on the HuanJing-2A/B (HJ-2A/B) satellites and examines the applicability of this method. The results show that compared with the official calibration coefficients (OCCs), the relative errors of the cross-calibration results are predominantly within 10%, with the majority falling below 5%. When compared with the measured reflectance from the Baotou sandy site, the results of this study show better consistency with the 1:1 line and have average relative errors of less than 8.07%, while the OCCs have average relative errors of less than 34.65%. Besides, for the bands exhibiting larger individual errors relative to the OCCs, the validation results indicate that the average relative errors of these bands are smaller than those of the OCCs when referenced against the Baotou sandy site. Furthermore, the influence of different input parameters on the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model, not considering BRDF correction of CCD2 and CCD3 sensors on the calibration results, using the single-day coefficients, which are close to the date of the Baotou sandy site on validation results, are discussed. Finally, the study also evaluates the radiometric consistency between different cameras. The result indicates that the method proposed is applicable to other CCD sensors on HJ-2A/B, and the cross-calibration coefficients obtained can effectively eliminate radiometric inconsistencies among different cameras.
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spelling doaj-art-b021a16dc8ec42ddb278e528b791076e2025-08-20T01:50:29ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing1939-14042151-15352025-01-0118116341164810.1109/JSTARS.2025.356291110971917Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy SiteYidan Chen0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7984-4728Jie Han1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8639-110XYutong Li2https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3657-766XYong Xie3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7863-7170Wen Shao4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1203-0883Aonan Hao5School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Geography and Geomatics, Xuchang University, Xuchang, ChinaSchool of Mathematics and Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaHigh resolution and wide coverage are important development directions for optical sensors on satellites. Multicamera mosaic imaging technology is often used to combine high resolution with wide coverage. When using data from these sensors for quantitative remote sensing studies, radiometric calibration is important. Based on this, this study employs a cross-calibration method incorporating the random forest algorithm and spectral interpolation to derive the time-series calibration coefficients for the charge-coupled device (CCD) sensors on the HuanJing-2A/B (HJ-2A/B) satellites and examines the applicability of this method. The results show that compared with the official calibration coefficients (OCCs), the relative errors of the cross-calibration results are predominantly within 10%, with the majority falling below 5%. When compared with the measured reflectance from the Baotou sandy site, the results of this study show better consistency with the 1:1 line and have average relative errors of less than 8.07%, while the OCCs have average relative errors of less than 34.65%. Besides, for the bands exhibiting larger individual errors relative to the OCCs, the validation results indicate that the average relative errors of these bands are smaller than those of the OCCs when referenced against the Baotou sandy site. Furthermore, the influence of different input parameters on the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model, not considering BRDF correction of CCD2 and CCD3 sensors on the calibration results, using the single-day coefficients, which are close to the date of the Baotou sandy site on validation results, are discussed. Finally, the study also evaluates the radiometric consistency between different cameras. The result indicates that the method proposed is applicable to other CCD sensors on HJ-2A/B, and the cross-calibration coefficients obtained can effectively eliminate radiometric inconsistencies among different cameras.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10971917/Baotou sandy sitecross-calibrationHuanJing-2A/B (HJ-2A/B)radiometric consistencysentinel-2
spellingShingle Yidan Chen
Jie Han
Yutong Li
Yong Xie
Wen Shao
Aonan Hao
Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Baotou sandy site
cross-calibration
HuanJing-2A/B (HJ-2A/B)
radiometric consistency
sentinel-2
title Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site
title_full Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site
title_fullStr Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site
title_full_unstemmed Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site
title_short Validation of Cross-Calibration for the Time-Series of HJ-2A/B CCD Sensor Based on Baotou Sandy Site
title_sort validation of cross calibration for the time series of hj 2a x002f b ccd sensor based on baotou sandy site
topic Baotou sandy site
cross-calibration
HuanJing-2A/B (HJ-2A/B)
radiometric consistency
sentinel-2
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10971917/
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