Vicarious calibration of S-NPP/VIIRS day–night band using deep convective clouds

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-55

  Ma, Shuo ^a   Yan, Wei ^a   Huang, Yun Xian ^a   Ai, Wei Hua ^a   Zhao, Xianbin ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloudsat CALIPSO; Day night band; Deep convenction cloud; High gain stage; Vicarious calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOON; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

CALIPSO; CLOUDSAT; CLOUDSAT/CALIPSO; DAY–NIGHT BAND; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP CONVENCTION CLOUD; GAIN STAGES; HIGH GAIN; HIGH GAIN STAGE; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

ORBITS;

EID: 84957866158     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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