Using sun glint to check the relative calibration of reflected spectral radiances

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1480-1493

  Luderer, Gunnar ^a,b   Coakley Jr , James A ^a   Tahnk, William R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

ADVANCE VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRRS); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); SPECTRAL RADIANCES; SUN GLINT;

METEOROLOGY;

CALIBRATION; MODIS; RADIOMETER;

EID: 27744471690     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1774.1     Document Type: Article

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