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Calibration of Radiances from Space

Richard Goody Falmouth, Massachusetts

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Robert Haskins Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

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01 Apr 1998
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0754:CORFS>2.0.CO;2
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754–758
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Abstract

The authors compare the performance of broadband radiometers with spectrally dispersed measurements. Spectrally dispersed radiometers may be more accurately calibrated than is possible with broadband filter instruments. They also have a larger information content than have filter measurements. Accuracy and information content are two important requirements for climate observations.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Richard Goody, 101 Cumloden Drive, Falmouth, MA 02541-0430.

Abstract

The authors compare the performance of broadband radiometers with spectrally dispersed measurements. Spectrally dispersed radiometers may be more accurately calibrated than is possible with broadband filter instruments. They also have a larger information content than have filter measurements. Accuracy and information content are two important requirements for climate observations.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Richard Goody, 101 Cumloden Drive, Falmouth, MA 02541-0430.

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