An overview of MODIS capabilities for ocean science observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1250-1265

  Esaias, Wayne E ^a   Abbott, Mark R ^b   Barton, Ian ^c   Brown, Otis B ^d   Campbell, Janet W ^a   Carder, Kendall L ^b   Clark, Dennis K ^c   Evans, Robert H ^d   Hoge, Frank E ^a   Gordon, Howard R ^b   Balch, William M ^c   Letelier, Richard ^d   Minnett, Peter J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE SENSORS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

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

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032115290     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.701076     Document Type: Article

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