Diurnal and scan angle variations in the calibration of GOES imager infrared channels

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 671-683

  Yu, Fangfang ^a   Wu, Xiangqian ^b   Rama Varma Raja, M K ^c,d   Li, Yaping ^c   Wang, Likun ^e,f   Goldberg, Mitchell ^b  

^a Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e DELL INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal calibration variation; GEO LEO inter calibration; Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager; GSICS; infrared channels; radiometric calibration; scan angle variation

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL CALIBRATION VARIATION; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GSICS; INFRARED CHANNEL; INTERCALIBRATION; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SCAN ANGLE;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INSTRUMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION;

AQUA (SATELLITE); CALIBRATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GOES; IASI; INFRARED IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84871739485     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2197627     Document Type: Article

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