The earthCARE broadband radiometer detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7453, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Proulx, Christian ^a   Williamson, Fraser ^a   Allard, Martin ^a   Baldenberger, Georges ^a   Gay, David ^a   Garcia Blanco, Sonia ^a   Côté, Patrice ^a   Martin, Louis ^a   Larouche, Carl ^a   Iliasa, Samir ^a   Pope, Tim ^a   Caldwell, Martin ^b   Ward, Kim ^b   Delderfield, John ^b  

^a INO   (Canada)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband; Detector; Earth radiation budget; EarthCARE; Fpa; Gold black; Infrared; Microbolometer; Radiometer; Uncooled

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; EARTHCARE; FPA; GOLD BLACK; INFRARED; MICROBOLOMETER; UNCOOLED;

BOLOMETERS; BUDGET CONTROL; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; GOLD; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PIXELS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 70449483200     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.829935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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