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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-M-7-2025-49-2025</article-id>
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<article-title>Radiometric Cross-Calibration of an Aerial Sensor with Satellite Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nghien</surname>
<given-names>Alexane</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lei</surname>
<given-names>Manchun</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Brédif</surname>
<given-names>Mathieu</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0228-1232</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hagolle</surname>
<given-names>Olivier</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Univ Gustave Eiffel, ENSG, IGN, LASTIG, F-94160 Saint-Mandé, France</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>CESBIO, Unité mixte CNES-CNRS-IRD-UPS, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 4, France</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>24</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>XLVIII-M-7-2025</volume>
<fpage>49</fpage>
<lpage>55</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Alexane Nghien et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Surface reflectance (SR) is essential for many remote sensing applications, but retrieving it from aerial images is challenging due to the lack of in-flight radiometric calibration and varying acquisition conditions. We propose a novel method for radiometric cross-calibration of aerial imagery using satellite Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) reflectance. The method involves estimating at-sensor reflectance at the airborne altitude from satellite TOA reflectance, followed by spectral band adjustment and spatial alignment between satellite and airborne imagery. A linear radiometric model is derived to relate the Digital Number (DN) to the at-sensor reflectance from a selected subset of robust aerial-satellite pixel correspondences. The radiometric calibration parameter was retrieved using linear regression. The method is particularly suitable for airborne campaigns that lack onboard or in-situ radiometric calibration equipment. An ablation study is presented to analyze the selection of reliable reference pixels.</p>
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