Multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument description and experiment overview

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1072-1087

  Diner, David J ^a   Beckert, Jewel C ^b   Reilly, Terrence H ^c   Bruegge, Carol J ^d   Conel, James E ^e   Kahn, Ralph A ^f   Martonchik, John V ^g   Ackerman, Thomas P ^h   Davies, Roger ⁱ   Gerstl, Siegfried A W ^a,i   Gordon, Howard R ^b,h   Muller, Jan Peter ^c,g   Myneni, Ranga B ^d,f   Sellers, Piers J ^a   Pinty, Bernard ^c   Verstraete, Michel M ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Miami   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS); MULTI ANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MISR);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032114523     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.700992     Document Type: Article

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