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In this study, an accurate and fast collocation method to collocate VIIRS measurements within CrIS instantaneous field of view (IFOV) directly based on line-of-sight (LOS) pointing vectors is developed and discussed in detail. We demonstrate that this method is not only accurate and precise from a mathematical perspective, but also easy to implement computationally. More importantly, with optimization, this method is very fast and efficient and thus can meet operational requirements. Finally, this collocation method can be extended to a wide variety of sensors on different satellite platforms.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs8010076","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,22]],"date-time":"2016-01-22T11:36:13Z","timestamp":1453462573000},"page":"76","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Fast and Accurate Collocation of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Measurements with Cross-Track Infrared Sounder"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Likun","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Court, Suite 4001, College Park, MD 20740, USA"}]},{"given":"Denis","family":"Tremblay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science Data Processing Inc., Laurel, MD 20723, USA"}]},{"given":"Bin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth Resource Technology Inc., 14401 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707, USA"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS\/NOAA, 5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20740, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cao, C., Xiong, J., Blonski, S., Liu, Q., Uprety, S., Shao, X., Bai, Y., and Weng, F. 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