• DocumentCode
    2106742
  • Title

    VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite): a next-generation operational environmental sensor for NPOESS

  • Author

    Welsch, Carol ; Swenson, Hilmer ; Cota, Steve A. ; DeLuccia, Frank ; Haas, John M. ; Schueler, Carl ; Durham, Rodney M. ; Clement, John E. ; Ardanuy, Philip E.

  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    1020
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the next-generation instrument for the U.S. future converged civilian and military operational polar-orbiting environmental satellite system
  • Keywords
    atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; terrain mapping; IR; NPOESS; VIIRS; Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite; atmosphere; infrared; land surface; meteorology; next-generation instrument; ocean; satellite remote sensing; sensor; terrain mapping; visible; Image converters; Infrared image sensors; Infrared imaging; Instruments; Meteorology; Military satellites; Packaging; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Sensor phenomena and characterization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7031-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976733
  • Filename
    976733