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Sensor Radiance for a Midlatitude Atmospheric ModelThe Herman radiative transfer code which iteratively traces solar radiance through a discrete number of scattering angles and many atmospheric layers was transferred to a personnal computer to reduce time in recompiling the source code. The code was then used to predict what ground reflectance would saturate the TM sensor output given a standard midlatitude atmospheric model. Output radiance is tabulated for the first four bands. Plots show radiance at the sensor as a function of solar zenith angle from a visibility of 40 km; solar zenith angle as a function of time of year for four latitudes over a typical portion of the descending node of a LANDSAT orbit; and values of ground reflectance required to saturate the TM sensor from three different aerosol loading conditions (corresponding to about 20 km, 40 km. and greater than 100 km visibility).
Document ID
19840014933
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Spectroradiometric Calibration of the Thematic Mapper and Multispectral Scanner System
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
84N23001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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