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imaging spectrometers and polar-orbiting environmental satellites for algorithm
development (Cheng et al. 2008 ). As the NASA Terra and Aqua missions are
nearing their end, retrieval algorithms are being developed mindful of the
capabilities of VIIRS. Most of all, the development of CWC data products had a
major advantage by following the examples set during the development and testing
of the standard MODIS data products and NDVI environmental data records.
Acknowledgements Funding for this work was provided by the NASA Terrestrial Hydrology
Program (Grants NAG5-11260 and NNX09AN51G) and MODIS Science Team (Grant
NNX11AF93G).
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