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Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019 The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) represents a new generation of satellite imagers for global operational observations. In many aspects, it is comparable to the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) operated since 2000,
Alexander P. Trishchenko
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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 +4 more
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A Blended Sea Ice Concentration Product from AMSR2 and VIIRS
Remote Sensing, 2021 An effective blended Sea-Ice Concentration (SIC) product has been developed that utilizes ice concentrations from passive microwave and visible/infrared satellite instruments, specifically the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 (AMSR2) and the ...
Richard Dworak +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 It is a difficult undertaking to reliably estimate global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) using the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) at high spatial and temporal scales.
Zijing Xie +11 more
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An Ongoing Blended Long-Term Vegetation Health Product for Monitoring Global Food Security
Agronomy, 2020 Remotely observing global vegetation from space has endured for nearly 50 years. Many datasets have been developed to monitor vegetation status. Tailored to specifically monitor global food security concerning drought and crop yield, a suite of datasets ...
Wenze Yang, Felix Kogan, Wei Guo
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Real-Time Detection of Daytime and Night-Time Fire Hotspots from Geostationary Satellites
Remote Sensing, 2021 This paper introduces an enhanced version of the Biogeographical Region and Individual Geostationary HHMMSS Threshold (BRIGHT) algorithm. The algorithm runs in real-time and operates over 24 h to include both daytime and night-time detections.
Chermelle B. Engel +2 more
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Skin Sea-Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi-NPP—NASA Continuity Retrievals
Remote Sensing, 2020 Retrievals of skin Sea-Surface Temperature (SSTskin) from the measurements of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite are presented and discussed.
Peter J. Minnett +11 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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The Continuity MODIS-VIIRS Cloud Mask
Remote Sensing, 2020 This paper introduces the Continuity Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Cloud Mask (MVCM), a cloud detection algorithm designed to facilitate continuity in cloud detection between the ...
Richard A. Frey +4 more
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Continuing the MODIS Dark Target Aerosol Time Series with VIIRS
Remote Sensing, 2020 For reflected sunlight observed from space at visible and near-infrared wavelengths, particles suspended in Earth’s atmosphere provide contrast with vegetation or dark water at the surface. This is the physical motivation for the Dark Target (DT) aerosol
Virginia Sawyer +5 more
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