Radiometric calibration and monitoring of noaa avhrr data for

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 235-273

  Brest, Christopher L ^a   Rossow, William B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING - FLOWCHARTING; DATA PROCESSING - DATA ACQUISITION; METEOROLOGY - CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITES - WEATHER; STATISTICAL METHODS - REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT (ISCCP); NOAA AVHRR DATA MONITORING; POLAR ORBITERS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE MAPS;

RADIOMETERS;

AVHRR; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION;

EID: 0026614561     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169208904037     Document Type: Article

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