VIIRS improvements for the integrated polar-orbiting environmental satellite system

AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Puschell, Jeffery J ^a   Kim, Eugene D ^a   Paul Menzel, W ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COOLING SYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; SPACE FLIGHT; WATER VAPOR;

DESIGN ARCHITECTURE; IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS; POLAR ORBITING ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; RADIOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE SOUNDINGS; VISIBLE-INFRARED IMAGER-RADIOMETER SUITES;

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EID: 85088719866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-8923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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