MODIS calibration algorithm improvements developed for collection 6 level-1B

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7807, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wenny, Brian N ^a   Sun, Junqiang ^a   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^b   Wu, Aisheng ^a   Chen, Hongda ^a   Angal, Amit ^c   Choi, Taeyoung ^a   Chen, Na ^a   Madhavan, Sriharsha ^c   Geng, Xu ^a   Kuyper, James ^a   Tan, Liqin ^a  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; MODIS; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AQUA SPACECRAFTS; CALIBRATION ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; DATA SETS; EARTH IMAGES; LEVEL-1; LOOK UP TABLE; MISSION LIFETIME; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; THERMAL EMISSIVE BANDS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TABLE LOOKUP;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 78549267456     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.860892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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