Modeling the detector radiometric response gains of the Suomi NPP VIIRS reflective solar bands

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8533, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lei, Ning ^a   Wang, Zhipeng ^a   Guenther, Bruce ^b   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^c   Gleason, James ^c  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Stellar Solutions   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; F factor,degradation; radiance; radiometric; remote sensing; RSB; Solar Diffuser; tungsten oxide; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INFRARED DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SUN;

F-FACTOR; RADIANCE; RADIOMETRIC; RSB; SOLAR DIFFUSERS; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; VIIRS;

OPTICAL TESTING;

EID: 84881134521     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.974728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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