Using VIIRS to provide data continuity with MODIS

Author

Murphy, Robert E. ; Barnes, William L. ; Lyapustin, Alexei I. ; Privette, Jeffrey ; Welsch, Carol ; DeLuccia, Frank ; Swenson, Hilmer ; Schueler, Carl F. ; Ardanuy, Philip E. ; Kealy, Peter S M

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1212

Abstract

Comparisons are made between the key properties of the MODIS and VIIRS sensors. Long-term continuity of the data series being initiated by the MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA´s Terra mission will be obtained using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) flying on the converged National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). The data series include critical parameters such as cloud and aerosol properties, vegetation index, land use and land cover, ocean chlorophyll and sea surface temperature. VIIRS is being designed and built by Raytheon for the Integrated Program Office (IPO), the DoD, NOAA and NASA consortium that is responsible for NPOESS. In addition to meeting the requirements for operational environmental monitoring, VIIRS will meet the needs of the global change research community through the use of state-of-the-art algorithms and calibration and characterization activities

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; geophysical equipment; radiometers; remote sensing; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; NPOESS Preparatory Project; NPP; National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System; Terra mission; VIIRS; Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite; aerosol; cloud; data continuity; land cover; land use; ocean chlorophyll; sea surface temperature; vegetation index; Aerosols; Clouds; Infrared imaging; Land surface; MODIS; Ocean temperature; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976795

Filename

976795