NPP VIIRS On-orbit calibration and characterization using the moon

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8510, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sun, J ^a   Xiong, X ^b   Butler, J ^b  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Lunar Irradiance; NPP; Radiometric Calibration; RSB; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

LUNAR IRRADIANCE; NPP; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RSB; VIIRS;

CROSSTALK; INSTRUMENTS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84872532581     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.939933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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