Land and cryosphere products from Suomi NPP VIIRS: Overview and status

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9753-9765

  Justice, Christopher O ^a   Román, Miguel O ^b   Csiszar, Ivan ^c   Vermote, Eric F ^b   Wolfe, Robert E ^b   Hook, Simon J ^d   Friedl, Mark ^e   Wang, Zhuosen ^e,f   Schaaf, Crystal B ^e,f   Miura, Tomoaki ^g   Tschudi, Mark ^h   Riggs, George ^b   Hall, Dorothy K ^b   Lyapustin, Alexei I ^b   Devadiga, Sadashiva ^b   Davidson, Carol ^b   Masuoka, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

global change research; infrared; land surface; satellite remote sensing; VIIRS; visible

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; VIIRS; VISIBLE;

NASA;

CRYOSPHERE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INFRARED IMAGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; LAND SURFACE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; VISIBILITY;

EID: 84885963515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50771     Document Type: Review

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