VIIRS day/night band (DNB) stray light characterization and correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8866, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mills, Steve ^a   Weiss, Stephanie ^b   Liang, Calvin ^b  

^a Stellar Solutions   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

DNB; JPSS; low light; MODIS; optics; remote sensing; RTA.; stray light; Suomi NPP; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

DNB; JPSS; LOW-LIGHT; MODIS; SUOMI NPP; VIIRS;

ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OPTICS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; REMOTE SENSING;

STRAY LIGHT;

EID: 84887121495     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2023107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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