Cryogenically cooled Transfer Active Cavity Radiometer (TACR) for radiometrically characterizations of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) scanning thermistor bolometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3439, Issue , 1998, Pages 335-343

  Pandey, Dhirendra K ^a   Lee III, Robert B ^a   Paden, Jack ^a   Thomas, Susan ^a   Thornhill, K Lee ^a   Wilson, Robert S ^a   Priestley, Kory J ^a   Barkstrom, Bruce R ^a   Smith, G Louis ^a   Bitting, Herbert ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES; ERBE; Radiometer; TACR; Thermistor bolometer; TRMM

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); RADIATION EFFECTS; SCANNING; SPACECRAFT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMISTORS;

TRANSFER ACTIVE CAVITY RADIOMETERS (TACR);

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 18544375038     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.325639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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