Effect of water vapor absorption on integrating sphere output radiance and consequences for instrument calibration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2820, Issue , 1996, Pages 197-205

  Platnick, S ^a,b   Abel, P ^a   King, M D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Integrating hemisphere; Integrating sphere; Water vapor absorption

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOMETERS; SPHERES; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; INTEGRATING HEMISPHERE; INTEGRATING SPHERES; MODIS AIRBORNE SIMULATOR; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; SENSOR CALIBRATION; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 15944406987     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.258102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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