Toward consistent satellite calibration and validation for geoss interoperability

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cao, C ^a   Ungar, S ^b   Lecomte, P ^c   Fox, N ^d   Xiong, X ^b   Henry, P ^e   Buck, C ^c   Stenssas, G ^f   Zhan, X ^a   Campbell, P ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^d NPL ^*

^e CNES   (France)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cal val portal; Data quality assurance; Dome C; GEOSS interoperability

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; CAL/VAL; CAL/VAL PORTAL; CROSS CALIBRATION; DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE; EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GEOSS INTEROPERABILITY; GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS; HYPERION; MICROWAVE INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; SPACE AGENCY; WORKING GROUPS;

CALIBRATION; DOMES; EARTH (PLANET); FLOW PATTERNS; OBSERVATORIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 67649760647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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