Radiometric validation of NASA's Ames research center's sensor calibration laboratory

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 6426-6443

  Brown, Steven W ^a   Johnson, B Carol ^a   Biggar, Stuart F ^b   Zalewski, Edward F ^b   Cooper, John ^c   Hajek, Pavel ^d   Hildum, Edward ^d   Grant, Patrick ^d   Barnes, Robert A ^e   Butler, James J ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

AIRBORNE SENSOR FACILITY (ASF); EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS (EOS); NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA); RADIANCE VALUES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 27944441758     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.006426     Document Type: Article

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