Vicarious methodologies to assess and improve the quality of the optical remote sensing images: A critical review

S Kabir, L Leigh, D Helder - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past decade, number of optical Earth-observing satellites performing remote
sensing has increased substantially, dramatically increasing the capability to monitor the …

The 30 year TAMSAT African rainfall climatology and time series (TARCAT) data set

RI Maidment, D Grimes, RP Allan… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
African societies are dependent on rainfall for agricultural and other water‐dependent
activities, yet rainfall is extremely variable in both space and time and reoccurring water …

Overview of intercalibration of satellite instruments

G Chander, TJ Hewison, N Fox, X Wu… - … on Geoscience and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intercalibration of satellite instruments is critical for detection and quantification of changes
in the Earth's environment, weather forecasting, understanding climate processes, and …

The characterization of deep convective clouds as an invariant calibration target and as a visible calibration technique

DR Doelling, D Morstad, BR Scarino… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep convective clouds (DCCs) are ideal visible calibration targets because they are bright
nearly isotropic solar reflectors located over the tropics and they can be easily identified …

MODIS reflective solar bands on-orbit calibration and performance

X Xiong, A Angal, KA Twedt, H Chen… - … on Geoscience and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument was
driven by the scientific community's desire to have near-daily global coverage at moderate …

Characterization of Terra and Aqua MODIS VIS, NIR, and SWIR spectral bands' calibration stability

A Wu, X Xiong, DR Doelling, D Morstad… - … on Geoscience and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) has successfully operated
onboard the Terra spacecraft for more than 12 years and the Aqua spacecraft for more than …

Near-real time cloud retrievals from operational and research meteorological satellites

P Minnis, L Nguyen, R Palikonda… - Remote Sensing of …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A set of cloud retrieval algorithms developed for CERES and applied to MODIS data have
been adapted to analyze other satellite imager data in near-real time. The cloud products …

Initial stability assessment of S-NPP VIIRS reflective solar band calibration using invariant desert and deep convective cloud targets

R Bhatt, DR Doelling, A Wu, X Xiong, BR Scarino… - Remote Sensing, 2014 - mdpi.com
The latest CERES FM-5 instrument launched onboard the S-NPP spacecraft will use the
VIIRS visible radiances from the NASA Land Product Evaluation and Analysis Tool Elements …

The radiometric stability and scaling of collection 6 Terra-and Aqua-MODIS VIS, NIR, and SWIR spectral bands

DR Doelling, A Wu, X Xiong, BR Scarino… - … on Geoscience and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Calibration Team has
recently released the Collection 6 (C6) radiances, which offer broad improvements over …

Radiometric inter-calibration between Himawari-8 AHI and S-NPP VIIRS for the solar reflective bands

F Yu, X Wu - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
The Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on-board Himawari-8, which was launched on 7
October 2014, is the first geostationary instrument housed with a solar diffuser to provide …