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Assessment of the Reprocessed Suomi NPP VIIRS Enterprise Cloud Mask Product [PDF]

Remote Sensing, 2021
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite continually provides global observations used to retrieve over 20 VIIRS Environmental Data Record (EDR) products.
Lin Lin, Xianjun Hao, Bin Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Zou, Changyong Cao   +4 more
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Improvement in tropospheric moisture retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption bands constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data fusion [PDF]

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2021
An operational data product available for both the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-20 (NOAA-20) platforms provides high-spatial-resolution infrared (IR) absorption band radiances for ...
E. E. Borbas, E. Weisz, C. Moeller, W. P. Menzel, B. A. Baum   +4 more
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Suomi NPP VIIRS Imagery evaluation [PDF]

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2014
AbstractThe Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) combines the best aspects of both civilian and military heritage instrumentation. VIIRS has improved capabilities over its predecessors: a wider swath width and much higher spatial resolution at swath edge.
Donald Hillger, Curtis Seaman, Calvin Liang, Steven Miller, Daniel Lindsey, Thomas Kopp   +5 more
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NPP VIIRS geometric performance status [PDF]

SPIE Proceedings, 2011
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on-board the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite is scheduled for launch in October, 2011. It is to provide satellite measured radiance/reflectance data for both weather and climate applications. Along with radiometric
Guoqing Lin, Robert E. Wolfe, Masahiro Nishihama   +2 more
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NPP VIIRS early on-orbit geometric performance [PDF]

SPIE Proceedings, 2012
The NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on-board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite was launched in October, 2011. The instrument geometric performance includes sensor spatial response, band-to-band co-registration (BBR), and geolocation accuracy and precision. The geometric performance is an
Robert E. Wolfe, Guoqing Lin, Masahiro Nishihama, Krishna P. Tewari, Enrique Montano   +4 more
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A Rapid Cloud Mask Algorithm for Suomi NPP VIIRS Imagery EDRs [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) is the first of a new generation of NASA's Earth-observing research satellites. The Suomi NPP Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) collects visible and infrared views of Earth's dynamic ...
M. Piper, T. Bahr
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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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An overview of Suomi NPP VIIRS calibration maneuvers [PDF]

SPIE Proceedings, 2012
The first Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument was successfully launched on-board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) spacecraft on October 28, 2011. Suomi NPP VIIRS observations are made in 22 spectral bands, from the visible (VIS) to the long-wave infrared (LWIR), and are used to produce 22 Environmental Data ...
James J. Butler, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Robert A. Barnes, Frederick S. Patt, Junqiang Sun, Kwofu Chiang   +5 more
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Land and cryosphere products from Suomi NPP VIIRS: Overview and status. [PDF]

J Geophys Res Atmos, 2013
AbstractThe Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument was launched in October 2011 as part of the Suomi National Polar‐Orbiting Partnership (S‐NPP). The VIIRS instrument was designed to improve upon the capabilities of the operational Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and provide observation continuity with NASA's Earth ...
Justice CO, Román MO, Csiszar I, Vermote EF, Wolfe RE, Hook SJ, Friedl M, Wang Z, Schaaf CB, Miura T, Tschudi M, Riggs G, Hall DK, Lyapustin AI, Devadiga S, Davidson C, Masuoka EJ.   +16 more
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the service industry, traffic, and secondary industry as revealed by the remotely sensed nighttime light data

International Journal of Digital Earth, 2021
Exploring carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human activities is essential for urban energy conservation and resource management. Remotely sensed nighttime lights from the Suomi NPP-VIIRS provide spatial consistency in and a low-cost way of revealing ...
Kaifang Shi, Jingwei Shen, Yizhen Wu, Shirao Liu, Linyi Li   +4 more
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