Utilization of the suomi national polar-orbiting partnership (npp) visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (viirs) day/night band for arctic ship tracking and fisheries management

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 971-989

  Straka, William C ^a   Seaman, Curtis J ^b   Baugh, Kimberly ^c   Cole, Kathleen ^d   Stevens, Eric ^e   Miller, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA)   (United States)

Author keywords

Nighttime visible; NIR; Satellite imagery; Ship lights

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT SOURCES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TRACKING (POSITION);

COMMERCIAL SHIPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FISHING ACTIVITIES; NIGHTTIME VISIBLE; OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM (OLS); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

SHIPS;

EID: 84979878014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70100971     Document Type: Article

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