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An Improved Method for Destriping of VIIRS Day/Night Band Images
IEEE Access, 2022 The VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) images have opened a new era of nocturnal monitoring of global ocean, lands, and atmospheric activities at a reasonably high spatial resolution of 742 m.
Sandip Banerjee, Palanisamy Shanmugam
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Using Ground Targets to Validate S-NPP VIIRS Day-Night Band Calibration [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2016 In this study, the observations from S-NPP VIIRS Day-Night band (DNB) and Moderate resolution bands (M bands) of Libya 4 and Dome C over the first four years of the mission are used to assess the DNB low gain calibration stability.
Xuexia Chen +5 more
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Machine-learning detection and variability of mesospheric frontal waves observed by VIIRS day/night band. [PDF]
Earth Planets SpaceFrontal waves, characterized by sharp boundaries of airglow jump accompanied by following undulations, were detected using machine learning techniques, and their variability was examined.
Hozumi Y +6 more
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The S-NPP VIIRS Day-Night Band On-Orbit Calibration/Characterization and Current State of SDR Products [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2014 The launch of VIIRS on-board the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) on 28 October 2011, marked the beginning of the next chapter on nighttime lights observation started by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s (DMSP) OLS sensor ...
Shihyan Lee +4 more
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The VIIRS Day/Night Band: A Flicker Meter in Space? [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2022 The VIIRS day/night band (DNB) high gain stage (HGS) pixel effective dwell time is in the range of 2–3 milliseconds (ms), which is about one third of the flicker cycle present in lighting powered by alternating current.
Christopher D. Elvidge +15 more
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SNPP VIIRS Day Night Band: Ten Years of On-Orbit Calibration and Performance [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 Aboard the polar-orbiting SNPP satellite, the VIIRS instrument has been in operation since launch in October 2011. It is a visible and infrared radiometer with a unique panchromatic channel capability designated as a day-night band (DNB).
Hongda Chen +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Similar to the Reflective Solar Band (RSB) calibration, Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board calibration of Day Night Band (DNB) is based on the Solar Diffuser (SD) observations in ...
Taeyoung Choi, Changyong Cao
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Remote Sensing, 2016 The Soumi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) nighttime imagery quality is affected by stray light contamination. In this study, we examined the relationship between the Earth scene stray light and the signals in VIIRS’s calibrators to better understand stray
Shihyan Lee, Changyong Cao
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VIIRS after 10 Years—A Perspective on Benefits to Forecasters and End-Users
Remote Sensing, 2023 In the ten years of VIIRS observations, a wide range of applications, both operational and research-based, have been developed, observed, and utilized at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).
Matthew A. Rogers +6 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 An urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby the temperature in an urban area is significantly warmer than it a rural area. To further advance the characterization and understanding of UHIs within urban areas, nighttime light measured by the Day ...
Jingjing Song +6 more
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