JPSS-1 VIIRS Radiometric Characterization and Calibration Based on Pre-Launch Testing [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2016 The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) completed its sensor level testing on December 2014. The JPSS-1 (J1) mission is scheduled to launch in December 2016, and will be very similar to
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Pre-Launch JPSS-2 VIIRS Response versus Scan Angle Characterization
Remote Sensing, 2017 On-orbit whisk-broom sensors have scanning mirror assemblies, whose reflectance variations with scan angle must be characterized prior to launch. One such instrument is the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Joint Polar ...
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Pre-Launch Spectral Calibration of the Absorbed Aerosol Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 Spectral calibration consists of the calibration of wavelengths and the measurement of the instrument’s spectral response function (SRF). Unlike conventional slits, the absorbed aerosol sensors (AAS) are used as a slit homogenizer, in which the SRF is ...
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Pre-Launch Radiometric Characterization of EMI-2 on the GaoFen-5 Series of Satellites
Remote Sensing, 2021 The environmental trace gas monitoring instrument (EMI) is a space-borne imaging spectrometer onboard GaoFen-5, which was launched in May 2018, covering wavelengths in the range of 240–710 nm to measure NO2, O3, HCHO, and SO2.
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Pre-Launch Radiometric Characterization of JPSS-1 VIIRS Thermal Emissive Bands
Remote Sensing, 2016 Pre-launch characterization and calibration of the thermal emissive spectral bands on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is critical to ensure high quality data products for environmental and ...
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An Overall Assessment of JPSS-2 VIIRS Radiometric Performance Based on Pre-Launch Testing
Remote Sensing, 2018 The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board the second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) completed its sensor level testing in February 2018.
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Profiling toxin genes and antibiotic resistance in Bacillus cereus isolated from pre-launch spacecraft. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2023 Characterization of the microbiomes of pre-launch spacecraft in spacecraft assembly facilities is an important step in keeping crews healthy during journeys that can last several hundred days in small artificial environments in space.
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Pre-Launch Exploration of Consumer Willingness to Purchase Selenium- and Iodine-Biofortified Apples-A Discrete Choice Analysis of Possible Market Settings. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Selenium and iodine are essential micronutrients for humans. They are often deficient in food supply due to low phytoavailable concentrations in soil. Agronomic biofortification of food crops is one approach to overcome micronutrient malnutrition.
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Landsat 9 Transfer to Orbit of Pre-Launch Absolute Calibration of Operational Land Imager (OLI)
Remote SensingLandsat 9 Operational Land Imager (L9-OLI) was launched on 27 September 2021, after completing a successful radiometric pre-launch calibration and characterization phase.
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Pre-Launch Polarization Assessment of JPSS-2 VIIRS VNIR Bands
Remote Sensing, 2022 The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments on-board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 20 (NOAA-20) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) spacecraft, with ...
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