HIRAS Calibration and Validation

This page provides information on calibration and validation of Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (HIRAS) onboard FY-3 series satellites.

There are two generations of HIRAS, the first generation is HIRAS-I onboard FY-3D, the second generation is HIRAS-II onboard FY-3E, FY-3F and FY-3H.

FY-3D HIRAS-I Calibration and Validation FY-3E HIRAS-II Calibration and Validation FY-3F HIRAS-II Calibration and Validation
Instrument specifications FY-3D HIRAS-I specifications ( WMO OSCAR ) FY-3E HIRAS-II specifications ( WMO OSCAR ) FY-3F HIRAS-II specifications ( WMO OSCAR )
Instrument events FY-3D HIRAS-I calibration events FY-3E HIRAS-II calibration events FY-3F HIRAS-II calibration events
Data outages FY-3D HIRAS-I data search FY-3E HIRAS-II data search FY-3F HIRAS-II data search
Instrument monitoring FY-3D HIRAS-I performance monitoring FY-3E HIRAS-II performance monitoring FY-3F HIRAS-II performance monitoring
Relevant documents This information is currently not available online. FY-3E HIRAS-II SRF (ZIP), NEDT (ZIP) FY-3F HIRAS-II SRF (ZIP)
Orbit predictions FY-3D orbit predictions FY-3E orbit predictions FY-3F orbit predictions