On-orbit performance of the Earth Observing System Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; First year of data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 16-30

  Guenther, B ^a,d   Xiong, X ^b   Salomonson, V V ^a   Barnes, W L ^a   Young, James ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS;

SOLAR DIFFUSER DEGRADATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MODIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036843390     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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