Improving the characterization and performance of the suomi-NPP VIIRS solar diffuser stability monitor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8866, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fulbright, Jon P ^a   Lei, Ning ^a   McIntire, Jeffrey ^a   Efremova, Boryana ^a   Chen, Xuexia ^a   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^b  

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; NPP; on orbit; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; NPP; ON-ORBIT; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SOLAR DIFFUSER STABILITY MONITORS; SOLAR DIFFUSERS; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION; VIIRS;

CALIBRATION; ORBITS;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

EID: 84887058031     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2024322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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