Abstract: An analysis of the NDVI and the calibration coefficients used to describe sensor degradation in Channel 1 of the Chinese Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (CAVHRR) boarding on the FY-1C spacecraft are presented. The radiometrically stable permanent sand of Dunhuang is used as a target to characterize sensor performance, and remote sensing data of CAVHRR over Dunhuang during 3 years was used. The analysis results show that the degradation in Channel 1 of FY-1C made the distribution of FY-1C NDVI all over the world fuzzy and cannot show the situation of canopy growing. Corrected model for NDVI and califuzzy and cannot show the situation of Channel 1 of FY-1C CAVHRR constructed from Dunhuang reflectivity and NDVI database can improve the FY-1C global NDVI distribution. The relationship improving with time for NDVI and calibration coefficients for Channel 1 of FY-1C was derived from this researching work. The improved new calibration coefficients for CAVHRR Channel 1 have a great correspondence with the results of CRCS is 2000. It is recommended that the derived model and coefficients are helpful to improve the quantity application of FY-1C global remote sensing data.