The characterization of deep convective cloud albedo as a calibration target using MODIS reflectances

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7862, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Doelling, David R ^a   Hong, Gang ^b   Morstad, Dan ^b   Bhatt, Rajendra ^b   Gopalan, Arun ^b   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Deep convective clouds; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; ANGULAR MODELS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; CALIBRATION TARGETS; CLIMATE ANALYSIS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LAMBERTIAN; MODIS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; ON-BOARD CALIBRATION; OZONE ABSORPTION; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR DIFFUSERS; TERRA-MODIS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; OZONE; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 78651064024     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.869577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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