Overview of intercalibration of satellite instruments

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1056-1080

  Chander, Gyanesh ^a   Hewison, Tim J ^b   Fox, Nigel ^c   Wu, Xiangqian ^d   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^e   Blackwell, William J ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; comparison; constellations; correction; cross calibration; Earth Observing (EO) System; infrared; intercalibration; international collaboration; microwave; monitoring; radiometric calibration; reflective solar band (RSB); satellite; satellites; thermal infrared; traceability; validation; visible

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON; CONSTELLATIONS; CROSS CALIBRATION; EARTH OBSERVING; INTERCALIBRATION; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS; THERMAL INFRARED; TRACEABILITY; VALIDATION; VISIBLE;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROWAVES; MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRECTION; EOS; LAND COVER; MODEL VALIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84874654677     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2228654     Document Type: Review

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