NASA EOS Terra and Aqua MODIS on-orbit performance

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-422

  Xiong, X ^a   Chiang, K ^b   Sun, J ^b   Barnes, W L ^a,c   Guenther, B ^a,c   Salomonson, V V ^a,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; Calibration; MODIS; NASA EOS; Remote sensing; Terra

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); NASA; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

AQUA; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; MODIS; NOISE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITORS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRO-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY; TERRA;

ORBITS;

EID: 58149462476     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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