Calibration strategy for the earth observing system (EOS)-AMI platform

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1056-1061

  Butler, James J ^a   Barnes, Robert A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Earth Observing System (EOS); Radiometry; Reflectance; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032117361     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.700990     Document Type: Article

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