On-orbit absolute radiance standard for the next generation of IR remote sensing instruments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8527, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Best, Fred A ^a   Adler, Douglas P ^a   Pettersen, Claire ^a   Revercomb, Henry E ^a   Gero, P Jonathan ^a   Taylor, Joseph K ^a   Knuteson, Robert O ^a   Perepezko, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute temperature calibration; Blackbody; Climate mission

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MEASUREMENTS; NASA; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING;

BLACKBODY; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE MISSION; INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAMS; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION; TEMPERATURE UNCERTAINTIES; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84898066282     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.977559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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