Uncertainty analysis of remote sensing optical sensor data: Guiding principles to achieve metrological consistency

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 867-880

  Datla, R V ^a   Kessel, R ^a   Smith, A W ^a   Kacker, R N ^a   Pollock, D B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OPTICAL SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING;

ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CONSISTENCY CHECKING; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; MULTIPLE PLATFORMS; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORBIT DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951140087     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902897882     Document Type: Review

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