An overview of the Visible and Infrared Scanner Radiometric Calibration Algorithm

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-405

  Barnes, Robert A ^a   Barnes, William L ^b   Lyu, Cheng Hsuan ^c   Gales, Joel M ^d  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Caelum Research Corporation   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; SCANNER;

EID: 0034037066     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0395:AOOTVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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