Characterization of the Sonoran desert as a radiometric calibration target for Earth observing sensors

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Angal, Amit ^a   Chander, Gyanesh ^b   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^c   Choi, Taeyoung ^d   Wu, Aisheng ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

bidirectional reflectance distribution function; calibration; characterization; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; Sonoran

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LANDFORMS; NASA; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETERS;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE CALIBRATIONS; LANDSAT-7 (L7) ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SONORAN; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 80054692602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3613963     Document Type: Article

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