DocumentCode
326642
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
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
6-10 Jul 1998
Firstpage
327
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4403-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702894
Filename
702894
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