Using the MODTRAN™5 radiative transfer algorithm with NASA satellite data: AIRS and SORCE

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6565, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Anderson, Gail P ^a   Berk, Alexander ^b   Chetwynd, James H ^a   Harder, Jerald ^c   Fontenla, Juan M ^c   Shettle, Eric P ^d   Saunders, Roger ^e   Snell, Hilary E ^f   Pilewskie, Peter ^c   Kindel, Bruce C ^c   Gardner, James A ^a   Hoke, Michael L ^a   Felde, Gerald W ^a   Lockwood, Ronald B ^a   Acharya, Prabhat K ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRS; Band model; Hyperspectral; Imaging; Infrared; MODTRAN ; Molecular transmittance; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Solar irradiance; SORCE

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENT SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS (ISRF); LONG WAVE INFRARED (LWIR); MOLECULAR TRANSMITTANCE; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; NASA; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 35948955997     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.721184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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