Monitoring MODIS thermal emissive band stability through brightness temperature trending of a ground target

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6677, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wenny, Brian N ^a   Xiaoxiong, Xiong ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRS; Calibration; Intercomparison; MODIS; Thermal emissive bands

Indexed keywords

COLD SCENE BIAS; QUALITY SCIENCE DATA; THERMAL EMISSIVE BANDS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LUMINANCE; SATELLITES;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 42149146803     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.730656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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