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  • Teillet, P.M., P.N. Slater, Y. Ding, R.P. Santer, R.D. Jackson and M.S. Moran (1990). Three Methods for the Absolute Calibration of the NOAA AVHRR Sensors In-Flight. Remote Sensing of Environment, 31: 105-120. PDF


  • Teillet, P.M., G. Fedosejevs, and R.P. Gauthier (1998). Operational Radiometric Calibration of Broadscale Satellite Sensors Using Hyperspectral Airborne Remote Sensing of Prairie Rangeland: First Trials. Metrologia, 35:639-641. PDF


  • Teillet, P.M., G. Fedosejevs, R.P. Gauthier, R.T. Shin, N.T. O'Neill, K.J. Thome, S.F. Biggar, H. Ripley, and A. Meygret (1999). Radiometric calibration of multiple Earth observation sensors using airborne hyperspectral data at the Newell County rangeland test site. Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Earth Observing Systems IV, SPIE Volume 3750, Denver, Colorado, pp. 470-481. PDF


  • Teillet, P.M., Horler, D.N.H., and O'Neill, N.T. (1997). Calibration/Validation, Stability Monitoring, and Quality Assurance in Remote Sensing: A New Paradigm. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(4): 401-414. PDF


  • Teillet, P.M., Thome, K.J., Fox, N., and Morisette, J.T. (2001a). Earth Observation Sensor Calibration Using A Global Instrumented and Automated Network of Test Sites (GIANTS), Proceedings of SPIE Conference 4550 on Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites V, SPIE Volume 4550, Toulouse, France, Eds. H. Fujisada, J.B. Lurie, and K. Weber, pp. 246-254. PDF


  • Teillet, P.M., Barker, J.L., Markham, B.L., Irish, R. R., Fedosejevs, G., and Storey, J. C. (2001b). Radiometric cross-calibration of the Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-5 TM sensors based on tandem data sets. Remote Sensing of Environment, 78: 39-54. PDF


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  • Teillet, P.M., G. Fedosejevs, D. Gauthier, M.A. D'Iorio, B. Rivard, P. Budkewitsch, and B. Brisco (1995). Initial Examination of Radar Imagery of Optical Radiometric Calibration Sites, Proceedings of SPIE Conference 2583 on Advanced and Next-Generation Satellites, Paris, France, pp. 154-165. PDF


  • Teillet, P.M., G. Fedosejevs, K.J. Thome, and J.L. Barker (2007). Impacts of spectral band difference effects on radiometric cross-calibration between satellite sensors in the solar-reflective spectral domain", Remote Sensing of Environment, in press. PDF


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  • Teillet, P.M. (1997). A Status Overview of Earth Observation Calibration/Validation for Terrestrial Applications. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(4): 291-298. PDF


  • Template for information regarding the prime CEOS WGCV Cal/Val site for the post-launch characterization and calibration of optical sensors. PDF


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  • Thome, K. J., Crowther, B.G., and Biggar, S.F. (1997). Reflectance- and Irradiance-Based Calibration of Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 23: 309-317. PDF


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  • Thome, K.J., J. Czapla-Myers, and S. Biggar (2003a). Vicarious calibration of Aqua and Terra MODIS. Proceedings of SPIE Conference 5151 on Earth Observing Systems VIII, SPIE Volume 5151, San Diego, California, Ed. W.L. Barnes, pp. 395-405. PDF


  • Thome, K.J, S.F. Biggar, and W. Wisniewski (2003b). Cross Comparison of EO-1 Sensors and Other Earth Resources Sensors to Landsat-7 ETM+ Using Railroad Valley Playa. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41: 1180-1188. PDF


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