This file generated: 15/10/2019


README SRF:

README file for HIMAWARI 08 AHI instrument
26/05/2014
P. Brunel

Data has been provided by Masaya Takahashi
(Meteorological Satellite Center, Japan Meteorological Agency)
by email. The file containing SRF is named AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx
and is noted "release Sept 2013"
It is also available at
  http://mscweb.kishou.go.jp/himawari89/space_segment/srf_201309/AHI-08_SpectralResponsivity.zip

Some SRFs are very large, some has negative values. The SRFs for RTTOV are corrected

Nominal central wavelength (microns):
Band1     0.47
Band2     0.51
Band3     0.64
Band4     0.86
Band5     1.6
Band6     2.3

README file for HIMAWARI 08 AHI instrument
26/05/2014
P. Brunel

Data has been provided by Masaya Takahashi
(Meteorological Satellite Center, Japan Meteorological Agency)
by email. The file containing SRF is named AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx
and is noted "release Sept 2013"
It is also available at
  http://mscweb.kishou.go.jp/himawari89/space_segment/srf_201309/AHI-08_SpectralResponsivity.zip

Some SRFs are very large, some has negative values. The SRFs for RTTOV are corrected

Nominal central wavelength (microns):
Band7     3.9
Band8     6.2
Band9     6.9
Band10    7.3
Band11    8.6
Band12    9.6
Band13   10.4
Band14   11.2
Band15   12.4
Band16   13.3


Download all SRFs: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf.tar.gz


Channel 01
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 21291.985 cm-1 / 0.470 microns
Comment: 1, channel 1 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch01.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch01.png
Channel 02
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 19631.116 cm-1 / 0.509 microns
Comment: 2, channel 2 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch02.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch02.png
Channel 03
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 15715.376 cm-1 / 0.636 microns
Comment: 3, channel 3 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch03.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch03.png
Channel 04
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 11679.212 cm-1 / 0.856 microns
Comment: 4, channel 4 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch04.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch04.png
Channel 05
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 6212.572 cm-1 / 1.610 microns
Comment: 5, channel 5 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch05.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch05.png
Channel 06
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 4431.791 cm-1 / 2.256 microns
Comment: 6, channel 6 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch06.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch06.png
Channel 07
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 2575.767 cm-1 / 3.882 microns
Comment: 7, channel 7 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch07.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch07.png
Channel 08
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 1609.241 cm-1 / 6.214 microns
Comment: 8, channel 8 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch08.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch08.png
Channel 09
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 1442.079 cm-1 / 6.934 microns
Comment: 9, channel 9 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch09.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch09.png
Channel 10
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 1361.387 cm-1 / 7.345 microns
Comment: 10, channel 10 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch10.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch10.png
Channel 11
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 1164.443 cm-1 / 8.588 microns
Comment: 11, channel 11 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch11.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch11.png
Channel 12
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 1038.108 cm-1 / 9.633 microns
Comment: 12, channel 12 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch12.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch12.png
Channel 13
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 961.333 cm-1 / 10.402 microns
Comment: 13, channel 13 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch13.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch13.png
Channel 14
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 890.741 cm-1 / 11.227 microns
Comment: 14, channel 14 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch14.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch14.png
Channel 15
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 809.242 cm-1 / 12.357 microns
Comment: 15, channel 15 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch15.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch15.png
Channel 16
Central wavenumber/wavelength: 753.369 cm-1 / 13.274 microns
Comment: 16, channel 16 SRF extracted from AHI-8_SpectralResponsivity_Data.xlsx (release Sept 2013)
SRF data: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch16.txt
SRF plot: rtcoef_himawari_8_ahi_srf_ch16.png