Absolute radiometric calibration of the RapidEye multispectral imager using the reflectance-based vicarious calibration method

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Naughton, Denis ^a   Brunn, Andreas ^a   Czapla Myers, Jeff ^b   Douglass, Scott ^a   Thiele, Michael ^a   Weichelt, Horst ^a   Oxfort, Michael ^a  

^a RapidEye AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; planetary reflectance; radiometric accuracy; spectral radiance RapidEye

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION;

ABSOLUTE-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; EARTH OBSERVATION IMAGES; GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; PLANETARY REFLECTANCES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; RADIOMETRIC ACCURACY; SPECTRAL RADIANCE RAPIDEYE; SURFACE SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 80054063963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3613950     Document Type: Article

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