On-orbit radiometric calibration over time and between spacecraft using the moon

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4881, Issue , 2002, Pages 287-298

  Kieffer, Hugh H ^a   Stone, Thomas C ^a   Barnes, Robert A ^b   Bender, Steven ^c   Eplee Jr , Robert E ^b   Mendenhall, Jeff ^d   Ong, Lawrence ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ^*

Author keywords

Moon; On orbit calibration; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTH (PLANET); POLYNOMIALS; RADIOMETRY;

LUNAR LIBRATIONS;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 0041730302     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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