Intercomparison of On-Orbit Calibration Consistency Between Terra and Aqua MODIS Reflective Solar Bands Using the Moon

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 778-782

  Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^a   Sun, Junqiang ^b   Barnes, William ^c  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqua; calibration. Moderate Resolution Imaging; moon; reflective solar bands (RSBs); Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Terra

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008040420     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: 15580571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2005591     Document Type: Article

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