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
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