Assess calibration consistency of MODIS and AVHRR thermal infrared bands using SNO observations corrected for atmospheric effects

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 487-491

  Wu, Aisheng ^a   Xie, Yong ^a   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^b   Chu, I Wen ^a  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR); calibration; MODerate resolution atmospheric TRANsmission (MODTRAN); MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); simultaneous nadir overpass (SNO); temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUA MODIS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; MODERATE RESOLUTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODTRAN; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SIMULTANEOUS NADIR OVERPASS (SNO); SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL BANDS; THERMAL INFRARED BANDS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; OVERPASSES; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84858070745     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2172677     Document Type: Article

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