Projected performance of an enhanced VIIRS with spectral bands near 6.7 μm for measuring water vapor distribution

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8516, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Puschell, Jeffery J ^a   Herbst, Stephen J ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental satellite system; Remote sensing; VIIRS; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

BAND FILTERS; DETECTOR MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM; IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS; MICRO-LENS; OCEAN COLOR; OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE; POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEMS; RADIOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL FILTERS; TEMPERATURE SOUNDINGS; VIIRS; VISIBLE-INFRARED IMAGER-RADIOMETER SUITES; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH BAND;

COOLING SYSTEMS; MICROLENSES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

VAPORS;

EID: 84872799877     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.942934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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