Broadband measurements of lunar radiances using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Spacecraft/Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4169, Issue , 2001, Pages 237-247

  Lee, R B ^a   Smith, G L ^b   Spence, P L ^c   Walikainen, D R ^c   Szewczyk, Z P ^c   Paden, J ^c   Priestley, K J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; CERES; Climate; Lunar; Radiometry; Terra; Thermistor bolometers; Total solar irradiance; TRMM

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; SENSORS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPACECRAFT; THERMISTORS;

CLOUD AND THE EARTH RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS (CERES); TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS (TRMM);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035054257     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.417128     Document Type: Article

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