GSICS GEO-LEO intercalibration: Baseline algorithm and early results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7456, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wu, Xiangqian ^a   Hewison, Tim ^b   Tahara, Yoshihiko ^c  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c Japan Meteorological Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIRS; Calibration; GEOSS; Geostationary; GSICS; IASI; Inter calibration

Indexed keywords

GEOSS; GEOSTATIONARY; GSICS; IASI; INTER-CALIBRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CALIBRATION; EARTH (PLANET); GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPACE OPTICS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 70350169911     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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