Suomi NPP VIIRS on-orbit performance, data quality, and new applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8528, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cao, Changyong ^a   Xiong, Xiaoxiong ^b   Blonski, Slawomir ^c   Liu, Quanhua ^c   Guenther, Bruce ^d   Weng, Fuzhong ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Stellar Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS; GROUND PROCESSING SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; NEAR-INFRARED CHANNELS; ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE; SENSOR DATA RECORDS; VICARIOUS CALIBRATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 84899941407     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.978997     Document Type: Conference Paper

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