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STAR / SMCD / VIIRS Aerosol Calibration and Validation

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Relevant web sites:

Aerosol Robotic Network - Web site of ground-based aerosol remote sensing network AERONET.
CLASS - NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS), the official VIIRS data download site.
IDEA - Web site of NOAA Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Applications (IDEA).
JPSS - Web site of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS).
Maritime Aerosol Network - AERONET web site providing information on ship-borne aerosol optical depth measurements.
MODIS Atmosphere : Aerosol - MODIS aerosol web site at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
SNPP - Web site of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite.
VIIRS - STAR web site on the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument.
JSTAR Mapper - Interactive display of images of selected JPSS products.
AerosolWatch - Interactive display of JPSS and GOES-R and JPSS aerosol products