AGENCY IPO/NOAA SATELLITE NPP and JPSS SCHEDULED LAUNCH 2011 and 2015 SWATH (km) 3000 RESOLUTION (m) 370/740 # OF BANDS 22 SPECTRAL COVERAGE(nm) 402-11800

• Restructuring the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, February 2010
• NPOESS Instruments, VIIRS
• NPOESS at NOAA
• NPOESS page at Northrop Grumman
• NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)
• VIIRS, Raytheon

• Updates on NPP/NPOESS; NOAA Ocean Color Activities, Dr. Paul DiGiacomo, 14th IOCCG meeting, Paris, February 2008. [PDF File]
• Update on the VIIRS Sensor, Dr. Robert E. Murphy, MODIS Science Team Meeting, July 2002. [PDF File]
• NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP), R. Taylor and M. Crison, Status Update for Interim Science Panel, August 1999. [PPT File]
• NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP), R.E. Murphy, Status Briefing for the Investigators Working Group, June 1999. [PPT File]

Back | Ocean-Colour Sensors | Home