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Remote Sens. 2010, 2, 464-477; doi:10.3390/rs2020464 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Radiometric Calibration for AgCam Doug Olsen 1,*, Changyong Dou 2,†, Xiaodong Zhang 1, Lianbo Hu 3, Hojin Kim 1 and 4 Edward Hildum 1 The Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9011,USA; E-Mails: zhang@ (X.Z); hkim@ (H.K.) 2 Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, P.R. China; E-Mail: cydou@ 3 Ocean Remote Sensing Institute, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, P.R.China; E-Mail: lianbo.hu@ 4 Airborne Science and Technology Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; E-Mail: edward.a.hildum@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: olsen@. † This work was done while Changyong Dou was a visiting student at the University of North Dakota. Received: 8 January 2010; in revised form: 25 January 2010 / Accepted: 26 January 2010 / Published: 1 February 2010 Abstract: The student-built Agricultural Camera (AgCam) now onboard the International Space Station observes the Earth surface through two linescan cameras with Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) arrays sensitive to visible and near-infrared wavelengths, respectively. The electro-optical components of the AgCam were characterized using precision calibration equipment; a method for modeling and applying these measurements was derived. Correctio