Radiometric calibration of MODIS with reference to Landsat-7 ETM+

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4483, Issue , 2002, Pages 203-210

  Thome, K ^a   Whittington, E ^a   Smith, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute radiometric calibration; Atmospheric correction; Vicarious calibration

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CALIBRATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

CROSS CALIBRATION APPROACH; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SENSORS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0036396350     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453455     Document Type: Article

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