NPOESS VIIRS: dramatically improved operational capability

Thomas F. Lee; Steven D. Miller; Carl F. Schueler; Jeffrey D. Hawkins; F. Joseph Turk; Kim Richardson; John Kent

doi:10.1117/12.579019

5 January 2005 NPOESS VIIRS: dramatically improved operational capability

Thomas F. Lee, Steven D. Miller, Carl F. Schueler, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, F. Joseph Turk, Kim Richardson, John Kent

Proceedings Volume 5658, Applications with Weather Satellites II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579019
Event: Fourth International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium 2004: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2004, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

This paper summarizes design, performance estimates and applications of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). VIIRS is approaching Engineering Development Unit (EDU) integration and flight model assembly for delivery in late 2005 for launch on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite in 2006. Applications of VIIRS are anticipated to represent dramatic improvements over heritage capability from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Line-scanning System (OLS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). VIIRS draws heavily on the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua satellites MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS), offering similar spectroradiometry at better spatial resolution. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed VIIRS on-orbit performance simulations based on MODIS data to illustrate the dramatic improvements VIIRS will offer compared to current operational satellites for meteorology.

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Thomas F. Lee, Steven D. Miller, Carl F. Schueler, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, F. Joseph Turk, Kim Richardson, and John Kent "NPOESS VIIRS: dramatically improved operational capability", Proc. SPIE 5658, Applications with Weather Satellites II, (5 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579019

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