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We developed an empirical approach for inter-calibration of satellite microwave brightness temperature (Tb) records over land from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) and Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) using overlapping Tb observations from the Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI). Double Differencing (DD) calculations revealed significant AMSR2 and MWRI biases relative to AMSR-E. Pixel-wise linear relationships were established from overlapping Tb records and used for calibrating MWRI and AMSR2 records to the AMSR-E baseline. The integrated multi-sensor Tb record was largely consistent over the major global vegetation and climate zones; sensor biases were generally well calibrated, though residual Tb differences inherent to different sensor configurations were still present. Daily surface air temperature estimates from the calibrated AMSR2 Tb inputs also showed favorable accuracy against independent measurements from 142 global weather stations (R2 \u2265 0.75, RMSE \u2264 3.64 \u00b0C), but with slightly lower accuracy than the AMSR-E baseline (R2 \u2265 0.78, RMSE \u2264 3.46 \u00b0C). The proposed method is promising for generating consistent, uninterrupted global land parameter records spanning the AMSR-E and continuing AMSR2 missions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs6098594","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,16]],"date-time":"2014-09-16T11:38:13Z","timestamp":1410867493000},"page":"8594-8616","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":89,"title":["Inter-Calibration of Satellite Passive Microwave Land Observations from AMSR-E and AMSR2 Using Overlapping FY3B-MWRI Sensor Measurements"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Jinyang","family":"Du","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Flathead Lake Biological Station, The University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA"},{"name":"Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, The University of Montana, Missoula,  MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Kimball","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Flathead Lake Biological Station, The University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA"},{"name":"Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, The University of Montana, Missoula,  MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6163-2912","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiancheng","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lucas","family":"Jones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Flathead Lake Biological Station, The University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860, USA"},{"name":"Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, The University of Montana, Missoula,  MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5930-3183","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shengli","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Satellite Meteorological Center, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruijing","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Satellite Meteorological Center, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hu","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland,  5825 University Research Court, Suite 4001, College Park, MD 20740-3823, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1102","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rse.2010.12.015","article-title":"Utilizing satellite passive microwave remote sensing for monitoring global land surface phenology.","volume":"115","author":"Jones","year":"2011","journal-title":"Remote Sens. 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