VIIRS on-orbit calibration methodology and performance

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5065-5078

  Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^a   Butler, James ^a   Chiang, Kwofu ^b   Efremova, Boryana ^b   Fulbright, Jon ^b   Lei, Ning ^b   McIntire, Jeff ^b   Oudrari, Hassan ^b   Sun, Junqiang ^b   Wang, Zhipeng ^b   Wu, Aisheng ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; ORBITS; SENSORS;

NPP; RADIOMETRIC; S-NPP; SUOMI; VIIRS;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOMETER; SENSOR; SPACECRAFT; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84888167069     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020423     Document Type: Article

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