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Introduction 1.1 Space Remote Sensing
1.2 Remote Sensing Systems Calibration
1.3 Calibration Quantities, Symbols, Units
1.4 Remote Sensing Wavelength Definition
1.5 System Calibration Trend
2. Radiometric Calibration Standards
2.1 Lamp Standards
2.2 Blackbody Standards
2.3 Wavelength Standards
2.4 Reflectance Standards
2.5 Detector Standards
3. Solar and Earth Radiation
3.1 The Structure of the Solar Sphere
3.2 The Solar Spectrum
3.3 Solar Constant
3.4 Earth Atmosphere and the Surfaces
3.5 Earth Radiative Transfer Modeling
3.6 Imaging of the Earth
3.7 Sounding of the Atmosphere
4. Radiation Collector System
4.1 Scanning and Pointing Systems
4.2 Telescope and Receiver Systems
4.3 Sensor Mirror Materials
4.4 Sensor Mirror Coating
4.5 Sensor Structural Materials
5. Detector Systems
5.1 Detector Classification
5.2 Charged-Coupled Device Detector Systems
5.3 Sensor Cooling Systems
6. Sensor Systems
6.1 Optical Radiometer
6.2 Optical Spectrometer
6.3 Microwave Sensors
6.4 Active Sensors
7. Basic Calibration Functions
7.1 Radiance and Spectral Radiance
7.2 Irradiance and Spectral Irradiance
7.3 Field of View (FOV) and Throughput
7.4 Modulation Transfer Function
7.5 Polarization
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System Calibration Elements
8.1 Spherical Integrating Source
8.2 Laboratory Collimator System
8.3 Laboratory Calibrator System
8.4 On-Orbit In-Flight Calibrator
9. Sensor Laboratory Calibration
9.1 General Calibration Requirements
9.2 Sensor Radiometric Calibration
9.3 Sensor Spectral Response Calibration
9.4 Sensor Instantaneous FOV Calibration
9.5 Sensor Modulation Transfer Function Calibration
9.6 Sensor Polarization Calibration
9.7 Sensor Stray Radiation Calibration
10. Sensors Cross-Calibration
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Radiance Time-Dependent Normalization
10.3 Aperture Normalization
10.4 Spectral Band Normalization
10.5 FOV and Solid Angle Normalization
10.6 Detector Response Normalization
10.7 Imaging Bands Cross-Calibration
10.8 Sounding Bands Cross-Calibration
11. Sensor Systems Calibration Accuracy
11.1 Narrow Band Sensors
11.2 Wide Band Sensor
11.3 Wide Band vs. Narrow Band Absolute Accuracy
12. Global Integrated Systems Calibration
12.1 GEO Flight Systems
12.2 LEO Flight Systems
12.3 Airborne flight Systems
12.4 Surface-Based Systems
Appendix A. Remote Sensing Requirements
Appendix B. WWW Home Page List
Appendix C. Acronym List
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