Use of first-principle numerical models to enhance the understanding of the CERES point spread function

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3221, Issue , 1997, Pages 191-200

  Priestley, Kory J ^a   Kopia, Leonard ^a   Lee, Robert ^a   Mahan, J R ^b   Haeffelin, Martial ^b   Smith, G Louis ^b   Paden, Jack ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES; Numerical modeling; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Thermistor bolometers

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED SIGNALS; CERES; CLOUD IMAGER; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTROTHERMAL MODELS; FIELD POINTS; HIGH CONFIDENCES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INSTRUMENT MODELS; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCES; INTEGRAL PARTS; KEY COMPONENTS; LABORATORY USING; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; OPTICAL GEOMETRIES; OPTICAL-; POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS; PRINCIPLE MODELS; RADIATIVE ENERGIES; SCAN RATES; SCANNING THERMISTOR BOLOMETERS; SENSING ELEMENTS; SIGNAL CONDITIONING ELECTRONICS; STATE OF THE ARTS; TIME RESPONSES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOLOMETERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FORCE MEASUREMENT; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PULSE TIME MODULATION; PUMPS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THERMISTORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0005246226     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.298080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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