AIRS/Vis near IR instrument

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-342

  Gautier, Catherine ^a   Shiren, Yang ^a   Hofstadter, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cloud detection; Cloud height; Near Infra Red; Surface irradiance; Surface solar radiation; Three dimensional (3 D) cloud effects; Visible

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; REFLECTION; TUNGSTEN;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS); ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS) INSTRUMENT SYSTEM; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); SOLAR FLUX; TUNGSTEN LAMPS;

REMOTE SENSING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037598873     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808242     Document Type: Review

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