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VIIRS
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Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
The
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS) is a sensor designed and manufactured by the
Raytheon
Company on board the
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
weather satellite
. VIIRS is a scanning
radiometer
that collects imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere,
cryosphere
, and oceans in the
visible
and
infrared
bands of the
electromagnetic spectrum
.
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