Prime candidate earth targets for the post-launch radiometric calibration of space-based optical imaging instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6677, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Teillet, P M ^a   Barsi, J A ^b   Chander, G ^c   Thome, K J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical instruments; Radiometric calibration; Remote sensing; Test sites; Traceability; Vicarious calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; TRACEABILITY; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 42149149917     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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