Identification and correction of systematic error in NOAA AVHRR long-term satellite data record

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-97

  Latifovic, Rasim ^a   Pouliot, Darren ^a   Dillabaugh, Craig ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Long term satellite data record; NOAA AVHRR; Systematic error; Time series

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION TARGETS; CANADA CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; FIRST ORDER; LAND SURFACE; NOAA AVHRR; ORBITAL DRIFT; PSEUDO-INVARIANT TARGETS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR DESIGNS;

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR CORRECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SATELLITES;

AVHRR; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867066918     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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