VIIRS
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite

AGENCYIPO/NOAA
SATELLITENPP and NPOESS
SCHEDULED LAUNCH2010 and 2013
SWATH (km)3000
RESOLUTION (m)370/740
# OF BANDS22
SPECTRAL COVERAGE(nm)402-11800

VIIRS Links: VIIRS Presentations:
  • 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]

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