Overview of CERES sensors and in-flight performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3439, Issue , 1998, Pages 292-302

  Smith, G Louis ^a   Lee III, Robert B ^a   Barkstrom, Bruce R ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^a   Priestley, Kory J ^a   Thomas, Susan ^a   Paden, Jack ^a   Wilson, Robert S ^a   Pandy, D K ^a   Thornhill, K Lee ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Earth radiation budget; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM (EOS);

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 2142782111     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.325635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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