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Radiative Transfer (RT) computations can provide look up tables (LUTs) to support these corrections. This research investigates a dimension-reduction approach using machine learning methods to create an effective sensor-specific long-wave infrared (LWIR) RT model. The utility of this approach is investigated emulating the Mako LWIR hyperspectral sensor (    \u0394 \u03bb \u2243 0.044 \u00a0 \u03bc m    ,     \u0394  \u03bd \u02dc  \u2243 3.9   cm  \u2212 1       ). This study employs physics-based metrics and loss functions to identify promising dimension-reduction techniques and reduce at-sensor radiance reconstruction error. 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