NASA NTRS · 20150022921
VIIRS On-Orbit Calibration and Performance Update
Abstract
The S-NPP VIIRS was launched on October 28, 2011 and activated on November 8, and then went through a series of intensive functional tests in order to establish the sensor's baseline characteristics and initial on-orbit performance. With the exception of large optical degradation in the NIR and SWIR spectral regions that is due to pre-launch mirror coating contamination, both the VIIRS instrument and its on-board calibrators continue to operate and function normally. With continuous dedicated effort, it is expected that most of the sensor calibration parameters will continue to meet their design requirements and that high quality data products will be continuously generated and used by the operational as well as research community.
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Xiong, X., Butler, J., Chiang, K., Efremova, B., Fulbright, J., Lei, N., McIntire, J., Wang, Z.. 2014-07-13. VIIRS On-Orbit Calibration and Performance Update. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150022921
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