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Archive and distribution of VIIRS DNB data for the Northeast Asian Sea [PDF]

Geo Data, 2021
Night-time satellite data were first collected from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 for military purposes. Since then, it has been useful to understand the human activities in the fields of society, economy, culture, and science, etc.
Euihyun Kim, Joo-Hyung Ryu, Suk Yoon
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Evaluating the Ability of NOAA-20 Monthly Composite Data for Socioeconomic Indicators Estimation and Urban Area Extraction

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2022
The new visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-20 satellite (NOAA-20) is capable of imaging the Earth during both daytime and nighttime.
Yangguang Li, Zhichao Song, Bin Wu, Bailang Yu, Qiusheng Wu, Yuchen Hong, Shaoyang Liu, Jianping Wu   +7 more
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Ten Years of VIIRS On-Orbit Geolocation Calibration and Performance

Remote Sensing, 2022
The first innovative Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite has been in operation for 10 years since its launch on 28 October 2011. The second VIIRS sensor aboard the
Guoqing Lin, Robert E. Wolfe, Ping Zhang, John J. Dellomo, Bin Tan   +4 more
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Simulation of CrIS Radiances Accounting for Realistic Properties of the Instrument Responsivity That Result in Spectral Ringing Features

Remote Sensing, 2023
This paper provides a procedure for the simulation of radiances from the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Fourier Transform Spectrometer to include spectral ringing effects caused by the ...
Lori Borg, Michelle Loveless, Robert Knuteson, Hank Revercomb, Joe Taylor, Yong Chen, Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez, David Tobin   +7 more
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Evaluation of SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Datasets Using RadCalNet and Landsat 8/OLI Data

Remote Sensing, 2022
In this study, we used RVUS data from RadCalNet as a benchmark to verify the radiometric accuracy and stability of operational and reprocessed SNPP/VIIRS data and the accuracy of NOAA-20/VIIRS data, as well as to assess the efficiency of the SNPP/VIIRS ...
Xin Jing, Sirish Uprety, Tung-Chang Liu, Bin Zhang, Xi Shao   +4 more
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Improved NOAA-20 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band Image Quality by Upgraded Gain Calibration

Remote Sensing, 2021
Due to complex radiometric calibration, the imagery collected by the Day/Night Band (DNB) of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar Partnership (Suomi-NPP) and the NOAA-20 follow-on satellite is subject to ...
Yalong Gu, Slawomir Blonski, Wenhui Wang, Sirish Uprety, Taeyoung Choi, Xi Shao, Bin Zhang, Changyong Cao   +7 more
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MODIS and VIIRS Calibration and Characterization in Support of Producing Long-Term High-Quality Data Products

Remote Sensing, 2020
Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) have successfully operated since their launches in 1999 and 2002, respectively, and generated various data products to support the Earth remote sensing disciplines and users worldwide ...
Xiaoxiong Xiong, Amit Angal, Tiejun Chang, Kwofu Chiang, Ning Lei, Yonghong Li, Junqiang Sun, Kevin Twedt, Aisheng Wu   +8 more
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Investigating NUCAPS Skill in Profiling Saharan Dust for Near-Real-Time Forecasting

Remote Sensing, 2022
Dust outflows off Northwest Africa often propagate westward across the North Tropical Atlantic Basin (NTAB) into the greater Caribbean and US. From a health perspective, weather forecasters in these regions often monitor hazardous air quality associated ...
Arunas Kuciauskas, Anthony Reale, Rebekah Esmaili, Bomin Sun, Nicholas R. Nalli, Vernon R. Morris   +5 more
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Atlas of probabilistic extreme precipitation based on the early 21st century records in the United States

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2023
Study region: The Conterminous United States Study focus: Extreme precipitation property defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States (NOAA Atlas 14) is losing its representativeness ...
Jungho Kim, Mike Amodeo, Edward J. Kearns   +2 more
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Global Formaldehyde Products From the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Nadir Mappers on Suomi NPP and NOAA‐20

Earth and Space Science, 2023
We describe new publicly available, multi‐year formaldehyde (HCHO) data records from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) nadir mapper (NM) instruments on the Suomi NPP and NOAA‐20 satellites. The OMPS‐NM instruments measure backscattered UV light
Caroline R. Nowlan, Gonzalo González Abad, Hyeong‐Ahn Kwon, Zolal Ayazpour, Christopher Chan Miller, Kelly Chance, Heesung Chong, Xiong Liu, Ewan O’Sullivan, Huiqun Wang, Lei Zhu, Isabelle De Smedt, Glen Jaross, Colin Seftor, Kang Sun   +14 more
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