Water vapor correction to improve the operational calibration for NOAA AVHRR/3 channel 2 (0.85 μm) over a desert target

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-526

  Yu, Fangfang ^a   Wu, Xiangqian ^b  

^a Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; CALIBRATION ACCURACY; CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; DEGRADATION RATE; EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAPSE RATE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRA; NOAA AVHRR; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION; POLAR SATELLITES; RELATIVE CALIBRATIONS; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; SOLAR REFLECTANCE CHANNELS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SPLIT WINDOWS; SURFACE-BASED; TARGET SURFACE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TOA MEASUREMENT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; WATER VAPOR ABSORPTION LINES; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); CALIBRATION; DEGRADATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; TIME SERIES; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79958805313     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-077     Document Type: Article

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