NPOESS VIIRS sensor design overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4483, Issue , 2002, Pages 11-23

  Schueler, Carl ^a   Clement, John E ^a   Ardanuy, Philip ^a   Welsch, Major Carol ^b   Deluccia, Frank ^c   Swenson, Hilmer ^c  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services ^*  (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental data record (EDR); Imager; NPOESS; Operational; Radiometer; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED IMAGING; METEOROLOGY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORD; POLAR ORBITING ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE;

ORBITAL LABORATORIES;

EID: 0036396406     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453451     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. NPOESS IPO, VIIRS Sensor Requirements Document, version 2b, November 1999.
2. NPOESS IPO, Integrated Operational Requirements Document I (IORD I), version 5.
3. Ardanuy, P.E., C. Schueler, S. Miller, P. Kealy, S. Cota, J.M. Haas, and C. Welsch, "NPOESS VIIRS Design Process," SPIE 2001
4. C. Welsch, H. Swenson, S. A. Cota, F. DeLuccia, J. M. Haas, C. Schueler, R. M. Durham, J. E. Clement, and P. E. Ardanuy, "VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite): A Next-Generation Operational Environmental Sensor for NPOESS," International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Proceedings, 8-14 July 2001.
5. Murphy, R., W. Barnes, A. Lyapustin, J. Privette, C. Welsch, F. DeLuccia, H. Swenson, C. Schueler, P. Ardanuy, and P. Kealy, "Using VIIRS to provide Data Continuity with MODIS," International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Proceedings, 8-14 July 2001.
6. Schueler, C.F. and W.L. Barnes, "Next-Generation MODIS for Polar Operational Environmental Satellites," Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 1998, pp. 430-439.