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.
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976733
