Research Article

Comparisons of Brightness Temperatures of Landsat-7/ETM+ and Terra/MODIS around Hotien Oasis in the Taklimakan Desert

Table 5

Calibration constants of the TIR band of Landsat-7/ETM+ for converting calibrated digital numbers to observed spectral radiance.

Band 𝐿 m a x 𝜆
(W/(m2 sr μm))
𝐿 m i n 𝜆
(W/(m2 sr μm))
𝐺 r e s c a l e
(W/(m2 sr μm)/ 𝑄 c a l )
𝐵 r e s c a l e
(W/(m2 sr μm))

6 (Low gain)
6 (High gain)
0.0
3.2
17.04
12.65
0.067087
0.037205
−0.07
3.16

Note that 𝑄 c a l is calibrated digital numbers.