CEOS Instrument: Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
| Instrument: | VIIRS |
| Agencies: | NOAA [Primary] |
| NASA | |
| Missions: | NPOESS-2 |
| NPOESS-1 | |
| NPOESS-3 | |
| NPOESS-4 | |
| NPOESS-5 | |
| NPOESS-6 | |
| NPP | |
| JPSS-1 | |
| JPSS-2 | |
| DWSS | |
| Status: | Operational |
| Type: | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer |
| Description: | Global observations of land, ocean, and atmosphere parameters: cloud/weather imagery, sea-surface temperature, ocean colour, land surface vegetation indices |
| Spatial Resolution: | 400 m - 1.6 km |
| Swath Width: | 3000 km |
| Wavebands: | VIS - TIR: 0.4 - 12.5 ?m (22 channels) |
| Technology: | Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer |
| Description: | Instrument designed to address more objectives by appropriate blending of the characteristics of spectral coverage and resolution, spatial resolution, radiometric accuracy, etc.. Spectral coverage in bands of Vis, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and TIR (0.4-15 µm). Number of channels from a few to a few tens, separated by dichroics and filters. Channel bandwidths around 10 %. Spatial resolution typically 30m-3 km. Applicable in LEO and GEO. |
Measurement List:
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CEOS Data Base Version: 17 - Created: 2012-01-18