Prelaunch characteristics of the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) on EOS-AMI

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1088-1100

  Barnes, William L ^a   Pagano, Thomas S ^b   Salomonson, Vincent V ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Image sensors; Optical spectroscopy; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Space technology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROSCOPY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032115205     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.700993     Document Type: Article

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