NPP VIIRS and Aqua MODIS RSB comparison using observations from simultaneous nadir overpasses (SNO)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8510, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wu, A ^a   Xiong, X ^b  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Reflective solar bands; Sensor comparison; Solar diffuser; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

AQUA MODIS; BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION; GLOBAL DATA; NEAR-IR; ON-BOARD CALIBRATION; POLAR-ORBITING; REFLECTANCE RATIO; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS; SEAWIFS; SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITORS; SOLAR DIFFUSERS; SPECTRAL MATCHINGS; THERMAL EMISSIVE BANDS; V-GROOVE; VIIRS; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

CALIBRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; OVERPASSES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SENSORS;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

EID: 84872536451     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.931011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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