Assessment of the calibration performance of satellite visible channels using cloud targets: Application to Meteosat-8/9 and MTSAT-1R

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 11131-11149

  Ham, S H ^a   Sohn, B J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOSAT; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78649557026     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-11131-2010     Document Type: Article

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