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A global Precipitation retrieval algorithm for Suomi NPP ATMS

2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2012
This paper develops a precipitation retrieval algorithm for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) recently launched aboard the U.S. Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. The algorithm is called the ATMS MIT Precipitation retrieval algorithm version 1 (ATMP-1), employs neural network estimators trained and evaluated
Chinnawat Surussavadee, William J. Blackwell, Dara Entekhabi, Robert Vincent Leslie   +3 more
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Suomi-NPP Inclination Adjustment Maneuver Campaign

AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition, 2015
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP), a satellite with only posigrade thrusters, performed a series of Inclination Adjustment Maneuvers (IAM) in 2014. Prior to performing these maneuvers, a redesign of the lifetime Mean Local Time at the Ascending Node (MLTAN) profile was required as well as improving attitude performance compared to what ...
Anthony D. Galvan, Shiju Nair, Garland Dixon, Christopher Kilzer, James Winsley, Robert Harpold   +5 more
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Suomi NPP VIIRS Day-Night Band On-Orbit Performance [PDF]

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 2013
AbstractThe Suomi National Polar‐Orbiting Partnership (NPP) launched on 28 October 2011 hosts the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor. The VIIRS sensor includes a day‐night band (DNB) that covers almost 7 orders of magnitude in its dynamic range from full sunlit scenes to lunar‐illuminated clouds. The DNB is panchromatic and covers
L. B. Liao, Stephanie Weiss, Steve Mills, Bruce Hauss   +3 more
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Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) Ground System Performance

AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference and Exposition, 2013
The NOAA-NASA jointly-acquired Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) will replace the afternoon orbit component and ground processing system of the current Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). The ground system, known as the ‘Common Ground System (CGS)’, and developed by Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS ...
Kerry D. Grant, Craig Bergeron
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Suomi-NPP VIIRS unscheduled lunar observations

SPIE Proceedings, 2016
Lunar observations by the Suomi-NPP instrument VIIRS are scheduled on a nearly monthly basis at a phase angle of approximately -51 degrees. The lunar images acquired during scheduled observations have been used for radiometric calibration stability monitoring of the reflective solar bands, band-to-band registration characterization, modulation transfer
Zhipeng Wang, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Jon P. Fulbright   +2 more
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Suomi-NPP OMPS Nadir Mapper’s Operational SDR Performance

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2019
The ozone mapping and profiler suite (OMPS) is carried onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite that was launched on October 28, 2011. The OMPS mission objectives concern atmospheric ozone concentrations and their variations in the earth atmosphere.
Chunhui Pan, Lihang Zhou, Changyong Cao, Lawrence E. Flynn, Eric Beach   +4 more
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Suomi-NPP VIIRS day/night band calibration with stars

SPIE Proceedings, 2015
Observations of stars can be used to calibrate the radiometric performance of the Day/Night Band (DNB) of the Suomi-NPP instrument VIIRS. Bright stars are normally visible in the Space View window. In this paper, we describe several potential applications of stellar observations with preliminary results for several.
Jon P. Fulbright, Xiaoxiong Xiong
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SUOMI NPP VIIRS reflective solar band radiometric calibration

2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2012
The Visible-Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a primary sensor onboard the National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite launched on October 28, 2011. It collects data over the spectral range of 0.4–12.5 um and consists of 15 reflective solar bands (RSB) and 7 thermal emissive bands (TEB).
Kameron Rausch, Frank De Luccia, David Moyer, Jason Cardema, Ning Lei, Jon Fulbright, Chengbo Sun, Vincent Kwofu Chiang   +7 more
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SUOMI NPP VIIRS emissive band radiance calibration and analysis

2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2012
VIIRS thermal emissive bands (TEB) have been analyzed. The analysis results indicate the VIIRS TEB is stable and exceeds the specification. Comparisons between the VIIRS and other sensors such as AVHRR, MODIS and CrIS demonstrated that VIIRS TEB agrees well with those sensors. Using Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM), developed at U.S.
Quanhua (Mark) Liu, Changyong Cao, Fuzhong Weng   +2 more
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Suomi-NPP VIIRS Solar Diffuser Stability Monitor Performance

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2016
When illuminated by the Sun, the onboard solar diffuser (SD) panel provides a known spectral radiance source to calibrate the reflective solar bands of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi-NPP satellite. The SD bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) degrades over time due to solar exposure, and this degradation is ...
Jon Fulbright, Ning Lei, Boryana Efremova, Xiaoxiong Xiong   +3 more
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