Use of the Moon as a calibration reference for NPP VIIRS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5882, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Patt, Frederick S ^a,d   Eplee, Robert E ^a,d   Barnes, Robert A ^a,d   Meister, Gerhard ^b   Butler, James J ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Futuretech Corporation   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Moon; NPP; On orbit calibration; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

LUNAR PHASE ANGLE; NPP; ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION; VIIRS;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

MOON;

EID: 29244444583     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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