ATSR infrared radiometric calibration and in-orbit performance

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-16

  Smith, Dave ^a   Mutlow, Chris ^a   Delderfield, John ^a   Watkins, Bob ^b   Mason, Graeme ^c  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AATSR; Along Track Scanning Radiometer; ATSR; ATSR 2; Blackbody; Calibration; Infrared; Radiometer; Sea Surface Temperature; Thermal

Indexed keywords

AATSR; ALONG-TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; ATSR; ATSR-2; BLACKBODY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; DATA QUALITY; ENVISAT-1; ERS-1; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED IMAGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82955163133     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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