MTG FCI Spectral Response Functions released
The Meteosat Third Generation Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) Spectral Response Functions are now available for user familiarisation.
26 September 2023
08 April 2022
The dataset represents the best knowledge of the FCI Spectral Response Functions (SRF) in September 2021.
The SRF, as obtained by Thales Alenia Space (France) and ESA, has been established by a combination of theoretical modelling and measurements (NIR and IR filters and windows, as well as VIS retinas). The SRF data have been shared with the NWP SAF, in order to calculate the corresponding RTTOV coefficients.
For each channel, the SRF has been computed for all detector elements. The set of SRFs have been averaged to get a single-averaged SRF per channel. The SRFs have been normalised by dividing the average SRF by its maximum value in order to obtain a normalised spectral response function.
The SRFs are provided as a function of the wavelength. The normalised SRF for all the spectral channels are presented in Figure 1.
Note that the SRFs are provided for each spectral channel regardless of their spatial sampling configurations. For instance, the SRF of VIS0.6 represents the SRF of FDVIS0.6 (FDHSI at 1 km) and HRVIS0.6 (HRFI at 0.5 km) products. The same is true for NIR2.2, IR3.8 and IR10.5.
Users can access the Spectral Response Functions via our sftp site:
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