Terra and Aqua MODIS inter-comparison of three reflective solar bands using AVHRR onboard the NOAA-KLM satellites

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1997-2010

  Wu, A ^a   Xiong, X ^b   Cao, C ^c  

^a Science System and Applications Inc   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); IMAGING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTIONS (BRDFS); CROSS-SENSOR INTER-COMPARISON; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; MODIS; NADIR; NOAA SATELLITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIXEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 41549100627     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701355272     Document Type: Article

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