Evaluation of Data Quality and Drought Monitoring Capability of FY-3A MERSI Data

Table 1

Spectral properties of MERSI (partial).

Channel	Wavelength (um)	Bandwidth (um)	Resolution (m)	𝑁𝑒Δ𝜌 (%)	Application
3	0.650	0.05	250	0.4	Vegetation monitoring
4	0.865	0.05	250	0.45
5	11.25	2.5	250	0.50  K	Temperature retrieve
17	0.905	0.02	1000	0.10	Atmospheric Water Vapor detection
18	0.940	0.02	1000	0.10
19	0.980	0.02	1000	0.10