Comparison of SeaWiFS measurements of the Moon with the U.S. Geological Survey lunar model

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 31, 2004, Pages 5838-5854

  Barnes, Robert A ^a   Eplee Jr , Robert E ^a   Patt, Frederick S ^a   Kieffer, Hugh H ^b   Stone, Thomas C ^b   Meister, Gerhard ^c   Butler, James J ^d   McClain, Charles R ^e,f  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Futuretech Corporation   (United States)

^d Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics   (United States)

^e Lab for Hydrospheric Processes   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE METERS; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT;

LUNAR MODEL; QUALITY LEVEL; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA-VIEWING WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSOR (SEAWIFS);

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

EID: 9144239930     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005838     Document Type: Review

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