Solar-reflectance-based calibration of spectral radiometers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Cattrall, Christopher ^a,b   Carder, Kendall L ^a   Thome, Kurtis J ^b   Gordon, Howard R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; ILLUMINATION SOURCES; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL RADIOMETERS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 0037110242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015130     Document Type: Article

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