Observations and recommendations for the calibration of Landsat 8 OLI and Sentinel 2 MSI for improved data interoperability

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Helder, Dennis ^a   Markham, Brian ^b   Morfitt, Ron ^a   Storey, Jim ^c   Barsi, Julia ^d   Gascon, Ferran ^e   Clerc, Sebastien ^f   LaFrance, Bruno ^g   Masek, Jeff ^b   Roy, David P ^h   Lewis, Adam ⁱ   Pahlevan, Nima ^b,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SGT INC   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^f ACRI ST   (France)

^g Parc de la Plaine   (France)

^h SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Geometric; Interoperability; Landsat; Radiometric; Sentinel

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053593118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10091340     Document Type: Note

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