Suomi NPP VIIRS SDR postlaunch calibration/validation: an overview of progress, challenges, and the way forward

Changyong Cao; Xiaoxiong Xiong; Fuzhong Weng

doi:10.1117/12.930060

15 October 2012 Suomi NPP VIIRS SDR postlaunch calibration/validation: an overview of progress, challenges, and the way forward

Changyong Cao, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Fuzhong Weng

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Proceedings Volume 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII; 851014 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930060
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The JPSS preceded by NPP is our nation's future generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. The successful launch of NPP with the key instrument Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ushers in a new era of operational Earth observing capabilities in the afternoon orbit. Since Launch, the VIIRS Sensor Data Record (SDR) postlaunch calibration/validation has been progressing well as planned. This paper provides an overview of the VIIRS calibration performance postlaunch, the overall calibration/validation strategies both onboard and vicarious, and the team effort ensuring the high quality of VIIRS SDRs, as well as the challenges and way forward.

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Changyong Cao, Xiaoxiong Xiong, and Fuzhong Weng "Suomi NPP VIIRS SDR postlaunch calibration/validation: an overview of progress, challenges, and the way forward", Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII, 851014 (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930060

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