Evaluation of ISCCP multisatellite radiance calibration for geostationary imager visible channels using the moon

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1255-1266

  Stone, Thomas C ^a   Rossow, William B ^b   Ferrier, Joseph ^c   Hinkelman, Laura M ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Moon; radiometry; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE REFLECTANCE; DATA ARCHIVES; GEOSTATIONARY METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL DATA SETS; IMAGE DATA; INDEPENDENT CHECKS; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LUNAR CALIBRATIONS; POLAR-ORBITING; RADIANCE CALIBRATION; RADIANCE DATA; REFLECTED LIGHT; RESPONSE LEVELS; SENSOR RESPONSE; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TIME-SCALES; VISIBLE CHANNELS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MOON; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MOON; RADIANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84874654669     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2237520     Document Type: Article

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