get_radiance_to_reflectance_factor

ASTERimage.get_radiance_to_reflectance_factor(channel)[source]

Calculate radiance to reflectance factor.

Parameters:: channel (str) – ASTER channel number. ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3N’, ‘3B’, ‘4’, ‘5’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘8’, ‘9’.
Returns:: factor.
Return type:: float

References: Thome, K.; Biggar, S.; Slater, P (2001). Effects of assumed solar

spectral irradiance on intercomparisons of earth-observing sensors. In Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites; Proceedings of SPIE; December 2001; Fujisada, H., Lurie, J., Weber, K., Eds.; Vol. 4540, pp. 260–269.

http://www.pancroma.com/downloads/ASTER%20Temperature%20and%20Reflectance.pdf http://landsathandbook.gsfc.nasa.gov/data_prod/prog_sect11_3.html