CALIPSO: Lidar and wide-field camera performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5542, Issue , 2004, Pages 74-85

  Weimer, Carl ^a   Schwiesow, Ron ^a   LaPole, Mark ^a  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua Train; Lidar; Satellite Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

AQUA TRAIN; INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETERS (IIR); SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; WIDE-FIELD CAMERA (WFC);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CAMERAS; CLOUDS; CONTRACTS; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 15844378785     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.561613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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