Correction for GOES imager spectral response function using GSICS. Part I: Theory

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1215-1223

  Wu, Xiangqian ^a   Yu, Fangfang ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES); Global Space based Inter Calibration System (GSICS); spectral response

Indexed keywords

EXPECTED VALUES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDERS; INTERCALIBRATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; ROOT CAUSE; SPACE-BASED; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; STANDARD DEVIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CALIBRATION; INFRARED RADIATION;

INSTRUMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ERROR CORRECTION; GOES; IASI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84874651731     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2236100     Document Type: Article

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