Sentinel-2 L1C radiometric validation using deep convective clouds observations

European Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 11-27

  Lamquin, Nicolas ^a   Bruniquel, Véronique ^a   Gascon, Ferran ^b  

^a ACRI ST   (France)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep convective clouds; Radiometric validation; Sentinel 2

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CLOUDS; INFRARED DEVICES;

DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE; RADIOMETRIC VALIDATION; REFLECTIVE SOLAR BANDS; SCIENTIFIC EXPLOITATION; SENTINEL-2; VALIDATION METHODOLOGIES;

RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DATA ACQUISITION; NEAR INFRARED; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REFLECTANCE; SENSOR; SENTINEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 85046861618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22797254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2017.1395713     Document Type: Article

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