AVHRR, MODIS, and VIIRS radiometric stability and consistency in SST bands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3161-3171

  Liang, Xingming ^a,b   Ignatov, Alexander ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR MODIS VIIRS; CRTM; double differences; model minus observation; radiometric consistency; SST

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS;

AVHRR MODIS VIIRS; CRTM; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; RADIOMETRIC CONSISTENCY; SST;

RADIOMETERS;

MODIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REAL TIME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSOR; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 84882789206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20205     Document Type: Article

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