Long-term continuity of the data series being initiated by the MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA's Terra mission will be obtained using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) flying on the converged National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). The data series include critical parameters such as cloud and aerosol properties, vegetation index, land use and land cover, ocean chlorophyll and sea surface temperature. VIIRS is being designed and built by Raytheon for the Integrated Program Office (IPO), the DoD, NOAA and NASA consortium that is responsible for NPOESS. In addition to meeting the requirements for operational environmental monitoring, VIIRS will meet the needs of the global change research community through the use of state-of-the-art algorithms and calibration and characterization activities.
Using VIIRS to Provide Data Continuity with MODIS
2001
3 pages
Report
No indication
English
Photographic Techniques & Equipment , Aerosols , Imaging spectrometers , Infrared imagery , Radiometers , Spectroradiometers , Earth observations(From space) , Characterization , Calibrating , Algorithms , Land use , Vegetation , Chlorophylls , Sea surface temperature , Cloud physics , Environmental monitoring
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