Design, calibration, and characterization of a field radiometer using light-emitting diodes as detectors

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 6753-6762

  Czapla Myers, Jeffrey S ^a   Thome, Kurtis J ^a   Biggar, Stuart F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSOLUTE RESPONSIVITY; ABSOLUTE-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; ELECTRICAL DESIGN; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 60949113339     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006753     Document Type: Article

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