Quantifying the relationship between intersensor images in solar reflective bands: Implications for intercalibration

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7727-7737

  Fan, Xingwang ^a   Liu, Yuanbo ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; oxygen; ozone; sensor difference; sensor intercalibration; solar reflective band; water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FORESTRY; OXYGEN; OZONE; SENSORS; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; REFLECTIVE BANDS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SENSOR INTERCALIBRATION; TOTAL OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER;

INFRARED DEVICES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; DUNHUANG; GANSU;

EID: 84903278883     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2317751     Document Type: Article

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