Earth-observing satellite intercomparison using the Radiometric Calibration Test Site at Railroad Valley

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Czapla Myers, Jeffrey ^a   McCorkel, Joel ^b   Anderson, Nikolaus ^a   Biggar, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; RadCalNet; RadCaTS; radiometry; reflectance; validation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ORBITS; RADIOMETRY; RAILROADS; REFLECTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITE; LANDSAT-7 (L7) ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTISPECTRAL INSTRUMENTS; RADCALNET; RADCATS; VALIDATION; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 85029807204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.12.012004     Document Type: Article

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