An algorithm to overlay continental boundaries and latitude-longitude grids over INSAT-VHRR images

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-440

  Prakash, W J ^a   Bhandari, S M ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Digital overlay; Geolocation; Geostationary meteorological satellites; INSAT VHRR; Map projections; Orthographic perspective projection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONTINENTAL BOUNDARY; GEOLOCATION; INSAT; LATITUDE/LONGITUDE GRID; VHRR DATA;

EID: 0029729853     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(95)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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