Thermal-infrared field radiometer for vicarious cross-calibration: Characterization and comparisons with other field instruments

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-356

  Sicard, Michaël ^a,d,e   Spyak, Paul R ^a,f   Brogniez, Gérard ^b   Legrand, Michel ^b   Abuhassan, Nader K ^c   Pietras, Christophe ^c   Buis, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CIMEL Electronique   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Remote sensing; Thermal infrared radiometer; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001389173     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602094     Document Type: Article

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