Terra MODIS on-orbit spatial characterization and performance

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 355-364

  Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^a   Che, Nianzeng ^b   Barnes, William ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Instrument; Remote sensing; Spatial alignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; INSTRUMENTS; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BAND-TO-BAND REGISTRATION (BBR); SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITOR (SRCA); SPATIAL ALIGNMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRORADIOMETERS;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 13144278325     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.840643     Document Type: Article

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