Early evaluation of the VIIRS calibration, cloud mask and surface reflectance Earth data records

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 148, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-145

  Vermote, Eric ^a   Justice, Chris ^b   Csiszar, Ivan ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Remote sensing; Surface reflectance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DATA PROCESSING; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; CLIMATE DATA RECORDS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; OPERATIONAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION MONITORING; CLOUD MASKS; EARLY EVALUATION;

CALIBRATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERONET; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CALIBRATION; CLOUD COVER; MODIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84898625152     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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