MODIS and SeaWIFS on-orbit lunar calibration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7081, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sun, J ^a   Eplee Jr , R E ^b   Xiong, X ^c   Stone, T ^d   Meister, G ^e   McClain, C R ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Futuretech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Lunar irradiance; MODIS; Moon; Radiometric stability; Reflective solar bands; SeaWIFS

Indexed keywords

ANGLE-OF-INCIDENCE; AQUA MODIS; AQUA SPACECRAFT; CROSS-CALIBRATION; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC CORRECTIONS; LOOK-UP-TABLES; LUNAR CALIBRATIONS; LUNAR IRRADIANCE; LUNAR MODEL; LUNAR OBSERVATIONS; MODIS; MOON; ON ORBITS; OPTICAL PATHS; PHASE ANGLES; PROTO-FLIGHT MODEL; RADIOMETRIC STABILITY; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS; REMOTE SENSORS; SEAWIFS; SEAWIFS DATA; SOLAR DIFFUSER; SYSTEM GAIN; SYSTEM RESPONSES; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE;

BAND STRUCTURE; CALIBRATION; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); INSTRUMENTS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; ORBITS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOMETRY; PORTS AND HARBORS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SULFATE MINERALS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TABLE LOOKUP; VECTORS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 52349098961     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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