In-flight spectral calibration of the atmospheric infrared sounder

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-297

  Gaiser, Steven L ^a   Aumann, Hartmut H ^a   Strow, L Larrabee ^b   Hannon, Scott E ^b   Weiler, Margaret ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Grating spectrometer; Spectral calibration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPECTROMETERS; ORBITS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS); ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER; IN-FLIGHT SPECTRAL CALIBRATION; RADIANCE SPECTRA; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS (SRF);

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0038274155     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.809708     Document Type: Article

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