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radiometric correction  

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  • Radiometric correction is important to ensure that terrestrial variables retrieved from optical satellite sensor systems are calibrated to a common physical scale. Radiometric correction is one of several corrections performed on satellite image data prior to the retrieval of land, atmosphere, and ocean information. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Radiometric Correction]

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