Calibration of Landsat 5 thermal infrared channel: Updated calibration history and assessment of the errors associated with the methodology

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-630

  Padula, Francis P ^a   Schott, John R ^b   Barsi, Julia A ^c   Raqueno, Nina G ^b   Hook, Simon J ^d  

^a INTEGRITY APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Science and Applications Inc   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; CALIBRATION METHOD; DEEP WATER SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; FORWARD MODELING; GREAT LAKES; GROUND TRUTH; IMAGE DATA; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; LAKE TAHOE; LANDSAT-5; LANDSAT-5 (L5) THEMATIC MAPPER; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NEW STUDY; OBSERVED DATA; ONTARIO; PROCESS ERRORS; PROCESS UNCERTAINTIES; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RESIDUAL ERROR; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SALTON SEA; SENSOR NOISE MODELING; SKIN TEMPERATURES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBSURFACE BUOY; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE STUDY; THERMAL BANDS; THERMAL CALIBRATION; THERMAL INFRARED CHANNELS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTS; INVESTMENTS; LAKES; NASA; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 79958703455     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-084     Document Type: Article

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