A blackbody design for SI-traceable radiometry for earth observation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2046-2054

  Gero, P Jonathan ^a   Dykema, John A ^a   Anderson, James G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EARTH'S CLIMATES; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; INTERNATIONAL TEMPERATURE SCALE OF 1990; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; ON ORBITS; PHASE CHANGES; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACE-BORNE; TEMPERATURE CALIBRATIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TEMPERATURE STANDARDS; THERMAL CONTROLS; THERMAL INFRARED; THERMALLY STABLES; VARIABLE TEMPERATURES;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); GALLIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MELTING POINT; METRIC SYSTEM; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SCALES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; FUTURE PROSPECT; PRECISION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; STANDARD (REGULATION); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 52349117858     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1100.1     Document Type: Article

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