Geolocation assessment for CrIS sensor data records

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,690-12,704

  Wang, Likun ^a   Tremblay, Denis A ^b   Han, Yong ^b   Esplin, Mark ^c   Hagan, Denise E ^d   Predina, Joe ^e   Suwinski, Lawrence ^e   Jin, Xin ^b   Chen, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Exelis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CrIS; Cross Calibration; Geolocation; Suomi NPP; Validation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CODING ERRORS; INFRARED IMAGING; SENSORS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TRACKING (POSITION);

CRIS; CROSS CALIBRATION; GEOLOCATIONS; SUOMI NPP; VALIDATION;

INFRARED DEVICES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84890452974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020376     Document Type: Article

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