The calibration and intercalibration of sea-going infrared radiometer systems using a low cost blackbody cavity

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1183-1197

  Donlon, Craig J ^a,d   Nightingale, T ^b   Fiedler, L ^c   Fisher, G ^a   Baldwin, D ^a   Robinson, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033389004     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1183:TCAIOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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