DCC radiometric sensitivity to spatial resolution, cluster size, and LWIR calibration bias based on VIIRS observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-60

  Wang, Wenhui ^a   Cao, Changyong ^b  

^a Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; ORBITS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LONGWAVE INFRARED; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RADIOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

INFRARED RADIATION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VIIRS;

EID: 84921690232     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00024.1     Document Type: Article

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