Selection and characterization of Saharan and Arabian desert sites forthe calibration of optical satellite sensors

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-114

  Cosnefroy, Hélène ^a   Leroy, Marc ^b   Briottet, Xavier ^a,c  

^a CERT   (France)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CLOUDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

ARABIAN DESERT; METEOROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SATELLITE SENSORS; SAHARAN DESERT;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

CALIBRATION; DESERT; METEOSAT-4; OPTICAL SENSOR; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE SENSOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA, SAHARA; SAUDI ARABIA, ARABIAN DESERT;

EID: 0030302443     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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