Retrieval of geophysical parameters from moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer thermal infrared data: Evaluation of a two-step physical algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3537-3550

  Ma, Xia L ^a,b   Wan, Zhengming ^a   Moeller, Christopher C ^b   Menzel, W Paul ^c   Gumley, Liam E ^b   Zhang, Yulin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS;

PHYSICAL ALGORITHMS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0000949845     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003537     Document Type: Article

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