Suomi NPP VIIRS sensor data record verification, validation, and long-term performance monitoring

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11,664-11,678

  Cao, Changyong ^a   Xiong, Jack ^b   Blonski, Slawomir ^c   Liu, Quanhua ^c   Uprety, Sirish ^d   Shao, Xi ^c   Bai, Yan ^e   Weng, Fuzhong ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

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

^e ERT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration validation; satellite remote sensing; Sensor Data Record; sensor performance; Suomi NPP VIIRS; verification

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFRARED IMAGING; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS; VERIFICATION;

CALIBRATION/VALIDATION; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR DATA RECORDS; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SUOMI NPP VIIRS;

RADIOMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; VIIRS;

EID: 84888159450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020418     Document Type: Article

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