Optimized identification of worldwide radiometric pseudo-invariant calibration sites

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 527-539

  Helder, Dennis L ^a   Basnet, Bikash ^a   Morstad, Daniel L ^b  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CALIBRATION SITE; CROSS CALIBRATION; DUNHUANG; EARTH OBSERVING; EARTH'S SURFACE; HIGH ALTITUDE; HISTORICAL DATA; LONG TERM MONITORING; MIDDLE EAST; OPTIMAL REGIONS; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SITE IDENTIFICATION; SONORAN DESERT; STABILITY MONITORING; TEMPORAL STABILITY; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 79958838917     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-085     Document Type: Article

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