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20020712: SSEC, CSU 4 km visible calibration (cont.)

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  • Subject: 20020712: SSEC, CSU 4 km visible calibration (cont.)
  • Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 06:25:30 -0600
>From: Darren Gallant <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/JOSS
>Keywords: 200207111918.g6BJIGa29261 McIDAS AREA calibation

Darren,

>Ok. Thanks. So what is the correction for deep space made to visible
>imagery by CSU and SSEC?

If there is no noise in the image, space would produce zero counts
in the sensor.  This will translate to zero brightness, zero albedo,
etc.

Tom