Pre-launch characterization of spectral response functions for the Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7807, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shankar, Mohan ^a   Thomas, Susan ^a   Priestley, Kory ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; CERES; Earth radiation budget; Fourier Transform Spectrometry; FTS; Radiometric Calibration; Spectral Characterization

Indexed keywords

CERES; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETRY; FTS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION;

CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; LAUNCHING; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 78549279097     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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