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Calibration of the CASI Airborne Imaging Spectrometer and Application to Generating Reflectance Imagery

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Successful application of remote sensing to practical problems is best accomplished using measurements of intrinsic characteristics of the scene. One such characteristic is the reflectance, or more correctly the Bi-directional Reflectance Factor (BRF) (O’Neill et al 1995). Unfortunately most sensors do not measure BRF but reflected at-sensor radiance. An appropriate strategy must be used to convert at-sensor radiance values to at ground reflectance.

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Gray, L., Harron, J., Hersom, C., Freemantle, J., Shepherd, P., Miller, J. (1997). Calibration of the CASI Airborne Imaging Spectrometer and Application to Generating Reflectance Imagery. In: Lampropoulos, G.A., Lessard, R.A. (eds) Applications of Photonic Technology 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9250-8_101

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