The CERES/TRMM mission: Early results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3495, Issue , 1998, Pages 246-255

  Smith, George L ^a   Barkstrom, Bruce R ^b   Lee III, Robert B ^b   Wielicki, Bruce A ^b   Green, Richard N ^b   Charlock, Thomas P ^b   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Young, David F ^b   Priestley, Kory J ^b  

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

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Earth radiation budget; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT; SUN;

CLIMATE; DATA PRODUCTS; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; IN ORBITS; LONG WAVES; ON-BOARD CALIBRATIONS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS; RADIANT FLUXES; RADIATION BUDGETS; RADIATIVE INTERACTIONS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33645511961     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.332703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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