Radiance comparisons of MODIS and AIRS using spatial response information

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1331-1342

  Schreier, M M ^a,b   Kahn, B H ^b   Eldering, A ^b   Elliott, D A ^b   Fishbein, E ^b   Irion, F W ^b   Pagano, T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; DATA SETS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ICE CLOUDS; LAPSE RATE; LEVEL 2; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; RADIANCE COMPARISON; RECOMMENDED VALUES; SCAN ANGLE; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); INFRARED DEVICES; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER VAPOR;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; PIXEL; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCANNER; SKEWNESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 77957743204     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1424.1     Document Type: Article

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