VIIRS constant spatial-resolution advantages

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5761-5777

  Schueler, Carl F ^a   Lee, Thomas F ^b   Miller, Steven D ^c  

^a Schueler Consulting   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ORBITS; PIXELS;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; IMAGING RADIOMETRY; OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM (OLS); PIXEL DIMENSION; RESEARCH CENTER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISIBLE-INFRARED IMAGER-RADIOMETER SUITES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

INFRARED IMAGERY; PIXEL; RADIOMETER; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 84879036710     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.796102     Document Type: Article

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