Recent results from the Radiometric Calibration Test Site (RadCaTS) at Railroad Valley, Nevada

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7807, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Czapla Myers, Jeffrey S ^a   Leisso, Nathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute calibration; Aqua; Landsat 7 ETM+; MODIS; radiometry; Terra

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; AQUA; LANDSAT-7 ETM+; MODIS; TERRA;

AUTOMATION; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAILROADS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 78549264051     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.861167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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