Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) to calibrate advanced very high resolution radiometer reflectance channels

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 2002, Pages AAC-11-1-AAC-11-10

  Heidinger, Andrew K ^a,b   Cao, Changyong ^a,b   Sullivan, Jerry T ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

0394 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Instruments and techniques; 3360 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote sensing; 3394 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS;

CALIBRATION; MODIS;

EID: 36448930561     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD002035     Document Type: Article

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