Ground-based measurements with the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) engineering demonstration unit - Experiment description and first results

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Zhou, Daniel K ^a   Smith, William L ^b,c   Bingham, Gail E ^d   Huppi, Ronald J ^e   Revercomb, Henry E ^b   Zollinger, Lorin J ^d   Elwell, John D ^d   Larar, Allen M ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Tansock, Joseph J ^d   Reisse, Robert A ^a   Hooker, Ronald ^f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ronald J Huppi Consultant   (United States)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS); Image; Michelson interferometer; Remote sensing; Satellite

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS IMAGING FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 52649138445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2784288     Document Type: Article

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