ECSIM: The simulator framework for EarthCARE

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6744, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Voors, Robert ^a   Donovan, David ^a   Acarreta, Juan ^b   Eisinger, Michael ^c   Franco, Raffaella ^c   Lajas, Dulce ^c   Moyano, Ricardo ^b   Pirondini, Fabrizio ^b   Ramos, Jose ^b   Wehr, Tobias ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b DEIMOS SPACE S L U   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Clouds; EarthCARE; Lidar; Radar; Simulator

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; IMAGE SENSORS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; BROAD-BAND RADIOMETER (BBR); EARTHCARE; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGER (MSI);

RADAR SIMULATORS;

EID: 42449102974     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.737738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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