Terra and aqua MODIS design, radiometry, and geometry in support of land remote sensing

Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 133-164

  Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^a   Wolfe, Robert ^a   Barnes, William ^a   Guenther, Bruce ^a   Vermote, Eric ^a   Saleous, Nazmi ^a   Salomonson, Vincent ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84979942172     PISSN: 15673200     EISSN: 22151842     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6749-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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