The POLDER Mission: Instrument Characteristics and Scientific Objectives

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 598-615

  Deschamps, Pierre Yves ^a   Buriez, Jean Claude ^a   Bréon, François Marie ^b   Leroy, Marc ^c   Podaire, Alain ^c   Bricaud, Annick ^d   Sèze, Geneviève ^e  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; REFLECTOMETERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACES;

BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; EARTH RADIATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0028426614     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.297978     Document Type: Article

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