Expected performance of the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) without detector sample aggregation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8516, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Steele, John H ^a   Puschell, Jeffery J ^a   Schueler, Carl F ^b   Miller, Shawn W ^a   Grant, Kerry ^a   Lee, Thomas F ^c  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental satellite system; JPSS; Spatial resolution; Suomi NPP; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM; JPSS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUOMI NPP; VIIRS;

DATA HANDLING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84872791292     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.942635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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