Post-flight radiometric calibration of the Korean geostationary satellite coms meteorological imager

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-210

  Kim, Bo Ra ^a   Ham, Seung Hee ^b   Kim, Dohyeong ^c   Sohn, Byung Ju ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c National Meteorological Satellite Center KMA   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calibration status; COMS MI; Intersatellite calibration; Vicarious calibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899415026     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-014-0008-7     Document Type: Article

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