Calibration Algorithm for Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Full Spectral Resolution Measurements IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

The cross-track infrared sounder has been operated in the full spectral resolution (FSR) mode since December 4, 2014. To provide the FSR radiance spectra with a spectral resolution of 0.625 cm-1 for all the three bands, a new calibration algorithm has been developed and implemented for operational uses. The algorithm is an improvement over the previous algorithm that had been operationally used until March 2017. Major changes include the calibration equation, self-apodization correction and resampling matrices, and calibration filter. Compared to the previous algorithm, the improvement reduces the calibration inconsistencies among the nine fields of view and between the forward and reverse interferometer sweep directions by up to 0.5 K, and the differences between observed and simulated spectra by up to 0.4 K.