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What is the best/most accepted green correction for AHI

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Description

Currently in Satpy we have the following equation to create/adjust the green band for the AHI instrument:

new_green = green * 0.85 + nir * 0.15

At the PCW @jsolbrig brought up that the following may be more widely accepted:

new_green = green * 0.93 + nir * 0.07

I needed to make this issue because I've had a FIXME sitting on my local machine but needed to put it out in some place more official.

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Start by locating Satpy's AHI green-band adjustment and read the surrounding implementation and tests, if present. Compare the two proposed equations with the accepted PCW or instrument-processing reference, then confirm the selected correction against the affected processing behavior.

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Tech stack
python
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data
Issue type
Bug
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5/5
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
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