Validation protocol for climate quality CERES measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6678, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Priestley, Kory J ^a   Smith, G Louis ^b   Thomas, Susan ^c   Matthews, Grant ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Institute for Aerospace   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d Applied Science and Materials Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; CERES; Earth radiation budget; Radiometry; Terra; Validation

Indexed keywords

EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; VALIDATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 42149154089     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.735312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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