On-orbit calibration assessment of AVHRR longwave channels on MetOp-A using IASI

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4005-4013

  Wang, Likun ^a   Cao, Changyong ^b  

^a Perot Systems Government Services   (United States)

^b Natl Oceanic/Atmosph Admin   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; Index Terms Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR); Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI); Intercalibration; Radiance; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HYPERSPECTRAL; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INTERCALIBRATION; RADIANCE; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; INTERFEROMETERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RATING; REMOTE SENSING;

PIXELS;

EID: 73149108996     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2001062     Document Type: Article

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