Empirical correction of stray light within the MERIS oxygen A-Band channel

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1185-1194

  Lindstrot, Rasmus ^a   Preusker, Rene ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cloud properties; Instrumentation sensors; Pressure; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; CENTER WAVELENGTH; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; CORRECTION FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HIGH PRECISION; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; OPERATIONAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; OPTIMAL MODEL; OXYGEN A-BAND; PRESSURE VALUES; REFERENCE DATA; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SPACE-BORNE; SPECTRAL CALIBRATION; STRAY LIGHT CORRECTION; TOLERANCE RANGE;

ALGORITHMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

STRAY LIGHT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUD COVER; ENVISAT-1; MERIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77955574724     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1430.1     Document Type: Article

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