Methods for absolute calibration of visible and near-infrared sensors using ocean and cloud views have been developed and applied to channels 1 (red) and 2 (near-infrared) of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) for the NOAA-7. -9 and -I I satellites. The approach includes two steps. First step is intercalibration between channels 1 and 2 using high altitude (12 km and above) br...

0099-1112/07/7309–1029/$3.00/0 © 2007 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Abstract This study established spectral matching techniques (SMTs) to determine land-use and land-cover (LULC) and irrigated area classes from historical time-series (HTS-LULC) AVHRR 0.1-degree pathfinder satellite sensor data. The approach for HTS-LULC mapping and characterization was to develop “targ...