Title :
Exploitation of angular signatures to calibrate geostationary satellite solar channels
Author :
Govaerts, Y.M. ; Pinty, B. ; Verstraete, M.M. ; Schmetz, J.
Author_Institution :
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
An operational absolute vicarious calibration technique for geostationary solar sensors is proposed. The method includes cloud detection, sensor drift monitoring and quality control mechanisms based on the capability to reproduce observed angular variations
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; calibration; remote sensing; angular signature; atmosphere; calibration; cloud detection; geostationary satellite solar channel; measurement technique; meteorology; operational absolute vicarious calibration; satellite remote sensing; sensor drift monitoring; Calibration; Clouds; Earth; Infrared detectors; Monitoring; Optical scattering; Quality control; Satellites; Soil; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702894
