Cross calibration of ocean-color bands from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Terra platform

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 6796-6810

  Kwiatkowska, Ewa J ^a,b   Franz, Bryan A ^a,b   Meister, Gerhard ^a,c   McClain, Charles R ^a   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c Futuretech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COLOR; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS;

INSTRUMENT CHARACTERIZATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OCEAN COLOR PRODUCTS; OLIGOTROPHIC OCEANS; ON-BOARD CALIBRATORS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

RADIOMETERS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; SEA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARD;

CALIBRATION; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 52349111266     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006796     Document Type: Article

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