Standard scene temperature for GOES-12 Imager is defined as [284K, 236K, 286K, 267K] for the four IR channels. In addition to the Tb bias at the standard scene temperature, the daily mean Tb bias at the homogeneous scenes are also monitored and plotted.

GOES-12 Imager vs. Metop-A IASI

Bias Monitoring
<option------------------- Night -------------------- TB Corr validate Ch2 (3.9μm) TB Corr validate Ch3 (6.7μm) TB Corr validate Ch4 (10.7μm) TB Corr validate Ch6 (13.3μm) ------------------------ TB 2D distirbution Ch2 (3.9μm) TB 2D distirbution Ch3 (6.7μm) TB 2D distirbution Ch4 (10.7μm) TB 2D distirbution Ch6 (13.3μm) ------------------------ TB Diff standard scene Ch2 (3.9μm) TB Diff standard scene Ch3 (6.7μm) TB Diff standard scene Ch4 (10.7μm) TB Diff standard scene Ch6 (13.3μm) ------------------------ TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch2 (3.9μm) TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch3 (6.7μm) TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch4 (10.7μm) TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch6 (13.3μm) <option------------------- Day -------------------- TB Diff standard scene Ch2 (3.9μm) TB Diff standard scene Ch3 (6.7μm) TB Diff standard scene Ch4 (10.7μm) TB Diff standard scene Ch6 (13.3μm) ------------------------ TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch2 (3.9μm) TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch3 (6.7μm) TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch4 (10.7μm) TB Diff Homogeneous scene Ch6 (13.3μm)