Absolute radiometric calibration accuracy of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7081, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pagano, Thomas S ^a   Aumann, Hartmut H ^a   Schindler, Rudolf ^a   Elliott, Denis ^a   Broberg, Steve ^a   Overoye, Kenneth ^b   Weiler, Margaret H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute; AIRS; Calibration; Hyperspectral infrared; Radiometric

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE; ABSOLUTE-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; AIRS; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; EOS-AQUA; HYPERSPECTRAL INFRARED; INTERNAL SURFACES; NIST TRACEABILITY; PLATINUM RESISTANCE THERMOMETERS; PRE FLIGHTING; RADIOMETRIC; RADIOMETRIC ACCURACY;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; CALIBRATION; CANNING; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PLATINUM; RADIOMETRY; REAL TIME CONTROL; SOUNDING APPARATUS; THERMOMETERS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 52349101861     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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