Calibrating the GOES imager visible channel using the Moon as an irradiance source

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3439, Issue , 1998, Pages 136-144

  Maxwell, Marvin S ^a   Kieffer, Hugh H ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Calibration; GOES; Imager; Moon; Visible

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MOON; OBSERVATORIES; SPACE TELESCOPES;

SPECTRAL RADIANCE;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0032224790     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.325620     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Estimation of long-term throughput degradation of GOES 8 & 9 visible channels by statistical analysis of star measurements
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3. Photometric stability of the lunar surface
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5. Monochromatic phase curves and albedos for the lunar disk
6. The GOES imager: Overview and evolutionary development