On-board calibration techniques and test results for the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4814, Issue , 2002, Pages 243-254

  Pagano, Thomas S ^a   Aumann, Hartmut H ^a   Broberg, Steven E ^a   Gaiser, Steven L ^a   Hagan, Denise E ^a   Hearty, Thomas J ^a   Hofstadter, Mark D ^a   Overoye, Ken ^b   Weiler, Margie ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRS; Aqua; Calibration; Earth Science; EOS; Operations; Sounder

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CALIBRATION; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOMETRY; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS (AIRS);

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 0036458696     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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