In-flight stability analyses applied to the clouds and the earth's radiant energy system scanning thermistor bolometer instruments on the Terra satellite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4814, Issue , 2002, Pages 358-368

  Spence, Peter ^a   Priestley, Kory ^b   Thomas, Susan ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES; Nadir footprints; Shortwave radiance; Stability; Terra

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOLOMETERS; EARTH (PLANET); RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SENSORS; THERMISTORS;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS (EOS);

CLOUDS;

EID: 18744373855     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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