Characterization of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) sensors on Terra and aqua spacecraft

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7862, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Thomas, Susan ^a   Priestley, K J ^b   Smith, N M ^a   Loeb, N G ^b   Hess, P C ^a   Shankar, M ^a   Walikainen, D R ^a   Szewcyzk, Z P ^a   Wilson, R S ^a   Cooper, D L ^a  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; CERES; EOS instrument; Radiometry; Validation

Indexed keywords

AQUA SPACECRAFTS; BLACKBODY SOURCES; BROADBAND RADIANCES; BROADBAND RESPONSE; CERES; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DATA PRODUCTS; DETECTOR GAIN; EOS INSTRUMENT; EOS TERRA; FLIGHT MODELS; GAIN VARIATIONS; IN-FLIGHT CALIBRATION; INTERNAL CALIBRATION; KEY COMPONENT; LONG WAVES; ON-ORBIT; ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION; OPERATIONAL MODES; POST-LAUNCH CALIBRATION; RADIANCE CALCULATIONS; RADIANCE COMPARISON; RADIATION BUDGET; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; RESPONSIVITY; SCANNING THERMISTOR BOLOMETERS; SENSOR RESPONSE; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SOLAR DIFFUSERS; SPECTRAL CHANGE; TUNGSTEN LAMPS; VALIDATION;

CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LAUNCHING; MICROMETERS; ORBITS; PUMPS; QUARTZ; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN; WATER VAPOR;

SENSORS;

EID: 78651083441     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.869684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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