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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)

Recent (2000-present) and
pre-launch publications

Last modified: February 21, 2003

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Contents

 
Instrument
Instrument overview
Engineering studies
On-board calibrator
 
Calibration and testing
Georectification and photogrammetry
Preflight performance verification
Radiometric calibration
 
Science
Science overview
Aerosol retrieval
Atmospheric correction
Cloud studies
Ocean studies
Surface properties
Top-of-atmosphere albedo
Radiative transfer
 
Validation
AirMISR
Field Instruments
Vicarious calibration
 
Data products/ processing
Data product overview
Level 1B1 radiometric product
Level 3 global summaries product
Quality assessment
 
Additional links
 
Public outreach
News media
Publication list contact
Related publications


Publications on-file in the MISR library are preceeded with a bullet


Instrument

Instrument overview

Refereed Journals

• Diner, D.J., Beckert, J.C., Bothwell, G.W. and Rodriguez, J.I. (2002). Performance of the MISR Instrument During Its First 20 Months in Earth Orbit. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing. 40 (7), pp. 1449-1466, July 2002.

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Engineering studies

On-board calibrator

Refereed Journals

Bruegge, Carol, Nadine Chrien, David Haner (2001). A Spectralon BRF data base for MISR calibration applications. Remote Sensing of Environment.76, pp. 354-366.

• Chrien, Nadine, L, Carol J. Bruegge, and Robert R. Ando (2002). Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) On-Board Calibrator (OBC) In-flight Performance Studies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing. 40 (7), pp. 1493-1499, July 2002.

Chrien, Nadine, L., Carol J. Bruegge, and Robert R. Ando (2001). Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) On-Board Calibrator (OBC) In-flight Performance Studies. Submitted to IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing. September.

• Early, E.A., P.Y. Barnes, B.C. Johnson, J.J. Butler, C.J. Bruegge, S.F. Biggar, P.R. Spyak, M.M. Pavlov (2000). Bidirectional reflectance round-robin in support of the Earth Observing System program. American Meteorological Society. August. pp. 1077-1091.

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Calibration and testing

Georectification and photogrammetry

Refereed Journals

• Jovanovic, V.M., Bull, M.A., Smyth, M.M. and Jia Zong (2002). MISR In-Flight Camera Geometric Model Calibration and Georectification Performance. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing. 40 (7), pp. 1512-1519.

• Moroney, C., Horvath, A. and Roger Davies (2002). Use of Stereo-Matching to Coregister Multiangle Data from MISR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1541-1546.

• Muller, J.P., Mandanayake, A., Moroney, C., Davies, R., Diner, D.J., and Susan Paradise (2002). MISR Stereoscopic Image Matchers: Techniques and Results. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing. 40 (7), pp. 1547-1559.

• Zong, J., R. Davies, J. P. Muller, and D. S. Diner (2002). "Photogrammetric Retrieval of Cloud Advection and Top Height from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR)", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 68(8), pp. 821-830.

Zong, Jia (2002). Multi-Image Tie-Point Detection Applied to Multi-angle Imagery from MISR. ISPRS Commission III, 34(3A), pp. A-424-429, Photogrammetric Computer Vision, Graz.

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Preflight performance verification

Radiometric calibration

Refereed Journals

• Bruegge, Carol J., Nadine L. Chrien, Robert R. Ando, David J. Diner, Wedad A. Abdou , Mark C. Helmlinger, Stuart H. Pilorz, and Kurtis J. Thome (2002). Early Validation of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Radiometric Scale. IEEE Trans.Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1477-1492, July 2002.

Conference papers/ Workshop proceedings

• Bruegge, Carol J., Nadine L. Chrien, Robert R. Ando, and Brian Chafin (2001). Ancillary Radiometric Product (ARP) usage in the EOS/ MISR Level 1B radiance product generation. In Earth Observing System, VI, Proc. SPIE 4483, San Diego, CA, August 2.

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Science

Science overview

Refereed Journals

• Bothwell, G.W., Hansen, E.G., Vargo, R.E. and Miller, K.C (2002). The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Science Data System, Its Products, Tools and Performance. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1467-1476, July 2002.

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Aerosol retrieval

Refereed Journals

Diner, D.J. W.A. Abdou, J.E. Conel, K.A. Crean, B.J. Gaitley, M.Helmlinger, R.A. Kahn, J.V. Martonchik, and S.H. Pilorz (2001). MISR aerosol retrievals over southern Africa during the SAFARI-2000 dry season campaign, Geophys. Res. Lett.28, 3127-3130.

• Kahn, Ralph, Pranab Banerjee, and Duncan McDonald (2001). The sensitivity of multi-angle imaging to natural mixtures of aerosols over ocean. J. Geophysical Res., Vol. 106 (D16), pp. 18219-18238.

• Kahn, R., P. Banerjee, D. McDonald, and J. Martonchik. Aerosol properties derived from aircraft multi-angle imaging over Monterey Bay (2001). J. Geophys. Res. 106, 11977-11995. 

Kahn, R., P. Banerjee, and D. McDonald (2001). The sensitivity of multiangle imaging to natural mixtures of aerosols over ocean . J. Geophys. Res.106, 18219-18238, 2001. 

Martonchik, J.V., R.A. Kahn, D.J. Diner, and R.A. West (2001). Comments on: Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using multispectral and multiangle photopolarimetric measurements from the Research Scanning Polarimeter. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3275-3276.

• Martonchik, J.V., D.J. Diner, K.A. Crean and M.A. Bull (2002). Regional Aerosol Retrieval Results From MISR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1520-1531.

Conference papers/ Workshop proceedings

Crean, K., D.J. Diner, and J.V. Martonchik (2000). Aerosol and Land surface retrievals using the Terra Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR): methodology and initial results. American Geophysical Union fall meeting, poster session, 15 - 19 December 2000, San Francisco, CA

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Atmospheric correction

Cloud studies

Refereed Journals

• Moroney, C., Davies, R. and J.-P. Muller. (2002) Operational Retrieval of Cloud-top Heights Using MISR Data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1532-1540.

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory (2002). MISR Views of Clouds over the North Slope of Alaska ARM Site . http://www.etl.noaa.gov/et6/arctic/misr/

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Ocean studies

Surface properties

Refereed Journals

Buermann et al. (2001). Evaluation of the utility of satellite-based vegetation leaf area index data for climate simulations. J. Climate, 14(17): 3536-3550.

• Gobron, N., Pinty, B., Verstraete, M.M., Widlowski, J-L., and Diner, D.J. (2002). Uniqueness of Multiangular Measurements -- Part II: Joint Retrieval of Vegetation Structure and Photosynthetic Activity From MISR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1574-1592.

• Gobron, N., Pinty, B., Verstraete, M.M., Martonchik, J.V., Knyazikhin, Y. and Diner, D.J. (2000). Potential of multi-angular spectral measurements to characterize land surfaces: Conceptual approach and exploratory application. J. Geophysical Research., 105(D13). pp. 17539-17549.

Lucht, W., and P. Lewis (2000). Theoretical noise sensitivity of BRDF and albedo retrieval from the EOS-MODIS and MISR sensors with respect to angular sampling. Int. J. Remote Sens., 21, 81-98.

Lucht, W., C. B. Schaaf, and A. H. Strahler (2000). An algorithm for the retrieval of albedo from space using semiempirical BRDF models. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, in press.

Lyapustin, A. and Knyazikhin, Y., 2001. Method of Green Function in the Radiative Transfer Problem. Part I: Homogeneous non-Lambertian Surface. Applied Optics, 40:3495-3501.

• Martonchik, John V., Pinty, Bernard and Michel M. Verstraete (2002). Note on "An Improved Model of Surface BRDF-Atmospheric Coupled Radiation". IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1637-1639, July 2002.

Martonchik, John V., Carol J. Bruegge, and Alan H. Strahler (2000). A review of reflectance nomenclature used in remote sensing. Remote Sensing Reviews, Vol. 19, pp. 9-20.

• Nolin, AnneW., Fetterer, Florence M., and Theodore A. Scambos (2002). Surface Roughness Characterizations of Sea Ice and Ice Sheets: Case Studies With MISR Data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1605-1615.

Panferov, O. et al., 2001. The role of canopy structure in the spectral variation of transmission and absorption of solar radiation in vegetation canopies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39:241-253.

• Pinty, B., Widlowski, J-L., Gobron, N., Verstraete, M.M. and Diner, D.J. (2002). Uniqueness of Multiangular Measurements -- Part I: An Indicator of Subpixel Surface heterogeneity From MISR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1560-1573.

• Pinty, B., Verstraete, M.M. Gobron, N., Roveda, F. and Govaerts, Y. (2000). Do Man-Made Fires Affect Earth's Surface Reflectance at Continental Scales?. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union., 81(34), pp.381, 388-389.

Shabanov, N. V. et al. (2000). Stochastic modeling of radiation regime in discontinuous vegetation canopy. Remote Sens. Environ., 74:125-144.

• Stroeve, Julieene C., and Nolin, Anne W. (2002). New Methods to Infer Snow Albedo From the MISR Instrument With Applications to the Greenland Ice Sheet. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1616-1625.

Tian et al.(2000). Prototyping of MODIS LAI and FPAR algorithm with LASUR and LANDSAT data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 38(5): 2387-2401.

• Widlowski, J., Pinty, B., Gobron, N., and Verstraete, M. and Anthony B. Davis (2001) Characterization of surface heterogeneity detected at the MISR/TERRA subpixel scale. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(24). pp. 4639-4642.

• Widlowski, J., Pinty, B., Gobron, N., and Michel Verstraete (2001) Detection and characterization of boreal coniferous forests from remote sensing data. J. Geophysical Research., 106(D24). pp. 33405-33419.

Yufang Jin, Feng Gao, Crystal B. Shaaf, Xiaowen Li, Alan H. Strahler, Carol J. Bruegge and John V. Martonchik (2002). Improving MODIS Surface BRDF/Albedo Retieval With MISR Multiangle Observations. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40:1593-1604.

Zhang et al. (2000). Prototyping of MISR LAI and FPAR algorithm with POLDER data over Africa. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 38(5): 2402-2418.

Zhang et al., (2002). Assessing the Information Content of Multiangle Satellite Data for Mapping Biomes. I: Statistical Analysis, Remote Sens. Environ, 80: 418-434 (2002).

Zhang et al., (2002). Assessing the Information Content of Multiangle Satellite Data for Mapping Biomes. II: Theory, Remote Sens. Environ., 80: 435-446 (2002).

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Top-of-atmosphere albedo

Radiative transfer

• Pinty, B., Gobron, N., Widlowski, J., Gerstl, A.W., Verstraete, M.M., Antunes, M., Bacour, C., Gascon, F., Gastellu, J., Goel, N., Jacquemond, S., North, P., Wenhan Qin and Richard Thompson (2001). Radiation transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise. J. Geophysical Research. 106(D11), pp. 11937-11956.

• Verstraete, M.M., and Bernard Pinty (2001). Introduction to special section: Modeling, measurement, and exploitation of anisotropy in the radiation field. J. Geophysical Research. 106(D11), pp. 11903-11907.


Validation

AirMISR

• Chrien, N.L., C.J. Bruegge, B.J. Gaitley (2001). AirMISR laboratory calibration and in-flight performance results. Remote Sensing of Environment 76, pp. 328-337.

Jovanovic, Veljko, Bill Ledeboer, Mike Smyth, and Jia Zong (2001). Georectification of the Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer. ISPRS joint workshop, "High Resolution Mapping From Space 2001".

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Field instruments

Brown, S.W., B.C. Johnson, H.W. Yoon, J.J. Butler, R.A. Barnes, S. Biggar, P. Spyak, K. Thome, E. Zalewski, M. Helmlinger, C. Bruegge, S. Schiller, G. Fedosejevs, R. Gauthier, S. Tsuchida, S. Machida (2001). Radiometric characterization of field radiometers in support of the 1997 Lunar Lake, Nevada, experiment to determine surface reflectance and top-of-atmosphere radiance. Remote Sens. Environ., pp. 367-376.

Bruegge, Carol J., Mark C. Helmlinger, James E. Conel, Barbara J. Gaitley, Wedad A Abdou (2000). PARABOLA III: a sphere-scanning radiometer for field determination of surface anisotropic reflectance functions. Remote Sensing Reviews, Vol 19, pp. 75-94.

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Science data products

Refereed Journals

• Abdou, Wedad A., Mark C. Helmlinger, James E. Conel, Stu Pilorz, Carol J. Bruegge, Barbara J. Gaitley, and John V. Martonchik (2000). Ground measurements of surface bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) and hemispherical directional reflectance factor (HDRF) using the portable Apparatus for Rapid Acquisition of Bidirectional observation of the land and atmosphere (PARABOLA III). J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 106, pp. 11,967 - 11,976.

• Bruegge, Carol J., Nadine L. Chrien, Robert R. Ando, David J. Diner, Wedad A. Abdou , Mark C. Helmlinger, Kurtis Thome. Validation of Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) radiometric data products IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1477-1492, July 2002.

• Kahn, Ralph, Pranab Banerjee, Duncn McDonald, and John Martonchik (2001). Aerosol properties derived from aircraft multi-angle imaging over Monterey Bay. J. Geophysical Research, Vol. 106(D11), pp. 11,977-11,995.

Marchand, Roger T. , Ackerman, Thomas P. , King, Michael D. , Moroney, Catherine, Davies, Roger ; Muller, Jan-Peter A. L., Gerber, Hermann( 2001). Multiangle observations of Arctic cloud from FIRE ACE: June 3, 1998, case study. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 106 , No. D14 , pp. 15,201.

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Vicarious calibration

Refereed Journals

• Abdou, W.A., Bruegge, C.J., Helmlinger, M.C., Conel, J.E., Pilorz, S.H., Ledeboer, W.C., Gaitley, B.J. and K.J. Thome (2002).Vicarious calibration experiment in support of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1500-1511, July 2002.

• Abdou, W.A., Conel, J.E., Pilorz, S.H., Helmlinger, M.C., Bruegge, C.J., Gaitley, B.J., Ledeboer, W.C., and J.V. Martonchik. (2001). Vicarious calibration - A reflectance-based experiment with AirMISR. Remote Sensing of Environment. Vol 77, pp. 338-353.

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Data products/ processing

Data product overview and visualization

Conference papers/ Workshop proceedings

Hall, J., and C. Thompson. MISR Data Access and Visualization Using misr_view. American Geophysical Union fall meeting, poster session. 29 May - 2 June 2001, Boston, MA

Crean, K., P. Banerjee, and D.J. Diner (2000). MISR data visualization and analysis using the hdfscan tool. American Geophysical Union fall meeting, poster session, 29 May - 2 June 2001, Boston, MA

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Level 1B1 radiometric product

Level 3 global summaries product

Refereed Journals

Braverman, Amy (2001). Compressing massive geophysical data sets using vector quantization. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.

• Braverman, Amy and Di Girolamo, Larry (2002). MISR Global Data Products: A New Approach. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), pp. 1626-1636 , July 2002.

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Quality assessment


Related links

http://www.earth.nasa.gov (NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise)
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov (Earth Observing System science project office)
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/ (Potsdam Institute for Climate Research)
http://cybele.bu.edu (Boston University's Climate and Vegetation Research Group)
http://nsidc.org (National Snow and Ice Data Center)

Public outreach

News media

Satellites used to reveal human pollution. Hypography.com (September 2002) http://www.hypography.com/article.cfm?id=32581

Science magazine's "NetWatch" (April 2002) Vol 296. pp 19. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/296/5565/19a.pdf

More than a dust storm in a Chinese teacup. CNN.com (April 2002) http://fyi.cnn.com/2002/WEATHER/04/03/dust.storm/

New images of iceberg breakaway. BBC news (March 2002) Amundsen Sea icebergs, published 3/29/02
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1899000/1899150.stm

Best seat to watch Olympics could be in space. CNN.com (February 2002) http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/02/12/olympics.pix/index.html

Pine Island Iceberg. Los Angeles Time Science File. January 21, 2002. pp. A12

About Watersheds (2002) NBC4.com article http://www.watershed.interactive-environment.com/main/about-web.php

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Related publications

EOS Journal of the American Geophysical Union (2002). West Antarctic Ice Sheet Releases New Iceberg. 83(9)

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