Validation of the on-board radiometric calibration of the GOES I-M visible channel by reflectance-based vicarious methods

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6684, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Leisso, Nathan P ^a   Thome, Kurtis J ^a   Czapla Myers, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric characterization; BRDF; GOES 11; Radiometric calibration; Vicarious calibration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERIZATION; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; ORBITS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 42149111800     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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