Celestial body irradiance determination from an underfilled satellite radiometer: Application to albedo and thermal emission measurements of the Moon using CERES

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4981-4993

  Matthews, Grant ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BENCHMARKING; BUDGET CONTROL; CALIBRATION; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BROADBAND MEASUREMENTS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SATELLITE RADIOMETER; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

MOON;

EID: 56849083909     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004981     Document Type: Article

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