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Seawifs calibration and algorithm validation (Document No: 19960003436)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Slater, Philip N. Parada Jr., Robert J. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | A substantial amount of field research has been completed during this period (1 October 1994 - 31 October 1995). The applicability of different in-flight calibration methods was studied. In addition, various field instruments and new equipment were tested to appraise their usefulness during such calibration activities. The purposes and (expected) results of these field experiments are detailed in separate sections of this report. One section contains a synopsis of calibrations conducted over both land and water targets. A second section contains the results of an experiment conducted to determine the spatial uniformity of surface reflectance at Lake Tahoe, the chosen water calibration site. Advances were also made in the area of radiative transfer software development. An existing exact radiative transfer code, Successive Orders (SO), was modified to provide outputs of the radiance distribution at arbitrary altitudes above a selected calibration target. These modifications were needed to utilize the SO software in radiance-based sensor calibrations. Serious thought was given to the general applicability of various calibration techniques to calibrations conducted over water surfaces. In particular, the practicality of the radiance-based and reflectance-based methods of in-flight radiometric calibration was evaluated. |
| File Size | 2803336 |
| Page Count | 49 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960003436 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5n925w0n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Oceanography Radiometers Airborne Equipment Algorithms Radiance Calibrating Surface Water In-flight Monitoring Surface Properties Radiative Transfer Computer Programs Reflectance Land Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
