Radiometric intercomparison between suomi-NPP VIIRS and aqua MODIS reflective solar bands using simultaneous nadir overpass in the low latitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2720-2736

  Uprety, Sirish ^a   Cao, Changyong ^b   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^c   Blonski, Slawomir ^d   Wu, Aisheng ^e   Shao, Xi ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; HYPERSPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETER; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; IMAGE MATCHING; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; LANDFORMS; OVERPASSES; PIXELS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHM; AVIRIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; NADIR; PIXEL; RADIOMETER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

NORTH AFRICA;

HYPERION;

EID: 84891654946     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00071.1     Document Type: Article

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