Suomi NPP VIIRS day-night band on-orbit performance

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,705-12,718

  Liao, L B ^a   Weiss, Stephanie ^a   Mills, Steve ^b   Hauss, Bruce ^c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Stellar Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c DKK Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; day night band; geolocation; photon transfer curve; spatial characterization; Suomi NPP VIIRS

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; INFRARED IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS; SPECIFICATIONS; STRAY LIGHT; TRACKING (POSITION);

DAY-NIGHT BAND; GEOLOCATIONS; PHOTON TRANSFER CURVE; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUOMI NPP VIIRS;

ORBITS;

CALIBRATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETER; SENSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890512455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020475     Document Type: Article

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