ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the radiometric calibration of thermal infrared (TIR) sensors from an end-to-end systems perspective. Our intention is to provide the basis for calibration of laboratory, field, and flight instruments. This is of obvious use to the operators of these instruments, but even if you are only using TIR image data from a satellite, it will be important in understanding how to convert that data to surface temperature values. Because of the increasing availability and use of many band systems, we will include many-channel sensors or spectrometers throughout our discussion; however, the approach is also valid for single-band instruments.
