Abstract
Optical instruments are normally calibrated with incandescent irradiance or radiance sources. Recently, accurate calibrations using solar radiation have been demonstrated in the visible and near-IR regions (VNIR). The solar-radiation based calibration (SRBC) has a major advantage in that the calibration source is the same source used on-orbit by earth-viewing remote sensing sensors such as the ASTER, MODIS, and Landsat 7 ETM + sensors. In this paper, such a radiometer calibration covering the region between 740 and 2400 nm is presented and compared with lamp-based laboratory calibrations. This work extends the spectral range over which a calibration using solar-radiation has been made.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 228-233 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 3870 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Event | Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites III - Florence, Italy Duration: Sep 20 1999 → Sep 23 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering