Solar radiation based calibration of an airborne radiometer for vicarious calibration of earth observing sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4483, Issue , 2002, Pages 85-92

  Kuester, Michele A ^a   Thome, Kurt J ^a   Biggar, Stuart F ^a   Krause, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Radiometry; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CALIBRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE RADIOMETER; EARTH OBSERVING SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION BASED CALIBRATION; THEMATIC MAPPER; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0036396690     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453475     Document Type: Article

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