Method for comparison of GERB and CERES radiances

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5234, Issue , 2004, Pages 423-432

  Smith, G Louis ^a,c   Szewczyk, Z Peter ^b   Mlynczak, Pamela E ^b   Lee III, Robert B ^c   Wielicki, Bruce A ^c   Priestley, Kory J ^c   Harries, John ^d   DeWitt, Steven ^e   Clerbaux, Nicolas ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calibration; CERES; Earth radiation budget; GERB; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS AND EARTH RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEM (CERES); EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGET (GERB); VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOON; RADIOMETRY; SPACECRAFT; THERMAL NOISE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 1942535861     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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