Operational in-flight calibration of S-NPP VIIRS in the visible using rayleigh scattering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9218, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Frouin, Robert ^a   Sei, Alain ^b   Hauss, Bruce ^c   Pratt, Patty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DKK Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean color remote sensing; Radiometric calibration; S NPP VIIRS

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETRY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; WIND;

ABSOLUTE-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; OCEAN COLOR REMOTE SENSING; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; S-NPP VIIRS; WATER OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84922735381     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2069433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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