Vicarious calibration of the solar reflection channels of radiometers onboard satellites through the field campaigns with measurements of refractive index and size distribution of aerosols

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-19

  Arai, K ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical depth; Radiative transfer equation; Reflectance based method; Solar irradiance; Surface reflectance; Vicarious calibration

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITES; SIZE DETERMINATION;

OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION; REFLECTANCE BASED METHOD; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33847284094     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.02.037     Document Type: Article

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