Assessment of spectral band impact on intercalibration over desert sites using simulation based on EO-1 hyperion data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1297-1308

  Henry, Patrice ^a   Chander, Gyanesh ^b   Fougnie, Bertrand ^a   Thomas, Colin ^a,c,d   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^e  

^a CNES   (France)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c CS Communication and Systemes   (France)

^d THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Envisat MERIS; EO 1 Hyperion; intercalibration; L7 ETM+; radiometric calibration; reflected solar band; relative spectral response (RSR); satellites; simulation; Terra and Aqua MODIS

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT-MERIS; HYPERION; INTERCALIBRATION; L7 ETM; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; REFLECTED SOLAR BAND; RELATIVE SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SIMULATION; TERRA AND AQUA MODIS;

CALIBRATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

LANDFORMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AQUA (SATELLITE); CALIBRATION; DESERT; ENVISAT-1; HYPERION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MERIS; MODIS; TERRA (SATELLITE);

HYPERION;

EID: 84874648701     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2228210     Document Type: Article

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