On-orbit calibration and performance of Aqua MODIS reflective solar bands

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 535-546

  Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^a   Sun, Junqiang ^b   Xie, Xiaobo ^b   Barnes, William L ^c   Salomonson, Vincent V ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; Calibration; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS); Reflective solar band (RSB); Signalto noise ratio (SNR); Solar diffuser (SD); Solar diffuser degradation; Solar diffuser stability monitor (SDSM)

Indexed keywords

MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS; SOLAR DIFFUSER (SD); SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITOR (SDSM); SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITORS; SOLAR DIFFUSERS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; DEGRADATION; DETECTORS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); EARTH (PLANET); IMAGE RETRIEVAL; LAUNCHING; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MIRRORS; ORBITS; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS; STABILITY;

RADIOMETERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; IMAGING METHOD; MODIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 73249120178     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2024307     Document Type: Article

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