Radiometric and spectral characterization and comparison of the Antarctic Dome C and Sonoran Desert sites for the calibration and validation of visible and near-infrared radiometers

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Uprety, Sirish ^a   Cao, Changyong ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; Desert; Dome C; radiometers; satellites; Sonoran

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFRARED DEVICES; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; DESERT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SONORAN; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED RADIOMETERS;

DOMES;

EID: 84864144162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.6.063541     Document Type: Article

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