Assessment of the visible channel calibrations of the VIRS on TRMM and MODIS on Aqua and Terra

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-400

  Minnis, Patrick ^a   Doelling, David R ^a   Nguyen, Louis ^a   Miller, Walter F ^b   Chakrapani, Venkatesan ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; SCANNING; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AQUA SATELLITES; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEM (CERES); CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO-RADIOMETER (MODIS); MONITOR (CO); MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERS; RESEARCH SATELLITES; SELF-CALIBRATING; TIME SERIES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM); VICARIOUS CALIBRATION; VISIBLE INFRARED SCANNER (VIRS);

SATELLITES;

ALBEDO; CALIBRATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CORRECTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 42649104617     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1021.1     Document Type: Article

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