Measurements of filtered lunar radiances using the NASA Terra spacecraft/CERES thermistor bolometer sensors during 2000 and 2001

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5151, Issue , 2003, Pages 318-336

  Lee III, R B ^a   Smith, G L ^b   Kratz, D P ^a   Priestley, K J ^a   Szewczyk, Z P ^c   Thomas, S ^c   Bush, K A ^c   Paden, J ^c   Pandey, D K ^c   Wilson, R S ^c   Al Hajjah, A ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Institute for Aerospace   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES; Lunar; Radiometry; Terra; Thermistor bolometers; Total solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; MOON BASES; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMISTORS;

LUNAR ECLIPSE; MOON RADIATION BUDGET (MRB); TERRA AND AQUA SPACECRAFT; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

SENSORS;

EID: 1942544608     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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