April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
319 pages
8h 49m
English
Content preview from Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing, 2nd Edition
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List of Symbols
Symbol, followed by description, unit, and the section where it was first used in the book:
| b | Wien’s displacement constant 2.8977685 ± 51 × 10−3 (m · K) – 8.4 |
| Bλ(T) | brightness temperature (K) at a particular wavelength – 8.5 |
| C1 | first radiation constant (Wm2) – 8.5 |
| C2 | second radiation constant (m · K) – 8.5 |
| Ed | solar irradiance (Wm−2) – 8.3 |
| Fb | emitting radiant flux of the blackbody (Wm−2) – 8.4 |
| Fr | emitting radiant flux of the real material (Wm−2) – 8.4 |
| K1 | first thermal band calibration constant (Wm−2/sr/μm) – 8.5 |
| K2 | second thermal band calibration constant (K) – 8.5 |
| Kd | diffuse attenuation coefficient (m−1) – 11.4 |
| L | radiance (Wm−2/sr/μm) – 8.3 |
| Lλ | radiance at a particular wavelength (Wm−2/sr/μm) – 8.5 |
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