The MERSI/FY-3A PWV correction method based on GNSS

doi:10.11947/j.AGCS.2022.20210060

Abstract

Abstract: Accurate water vapor information is of great importance for short-range weather warnings and long-term climate monitoring. A MERSI/FY-3A PWV correction method is proposed in this paper to address the low water vapor accuracy obtained by the Medium-Resolution Spectral Imager (MERSI) of the second generation of Chinese polar-orbit meteorological satellite FY-3A. Firstly, the daily product data were obtained by processing the 5 min product of MERSI/FY-3A and evaluated by using ground-based GNSS and Radiosonde data in China; then, according to the seasonal distribution of PWV, the GNSS-based PWV seasonal calibration model is constructed; finally, a comparison of the calibrated MERSI/FY-3A PWV using Radiosonde data was performed to verify the validity of the proposed method. The results show that the proposed PWV seasonal calibration correction model can effectively improve water vapor accuracy in MERSI/FY-3A 5 min and 10 days products, with an improvement rate of 58.63% and 68.72%, respectively. This method can provide a theoretical foundation for the rapid correction of water vapor in remote sensing.

Key words: global navigation satellite system, radiosonde, MERSI, calibration

CLC Number:

P228

ZHAO Qingzhi, DU Zheng, YAO Wanqiang, YAO Yibin. The MERSI/FY-3A PWV correction method based on GNSS[J]. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica, 2022, 51(2): 159-168.

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