Remote sensing: sensors and systems

Borman, N. and Thépaut, L. P. 2004: Impact of MODIS polar winds in ECMWF’s 4DVAR data assimilation system . Monthly Weather Review 132, 929-940 .

Corlett, G. K. , Barton, I. J. , Donlon, C. J. , Edwards, M. C. , Good, S. A. , Horrocks, L. A. , Llewellyn-Jones, D. T. , Merchant, C. J. , Minnett, P. J. , Nightingale, T. J. , Noyes, E. J. , O’Carroll, A. G. , Remedios, J. J. , Robinson, I. S. , Saunders, R. W. and Watts, J. G. 2005: The accuracy of SST retrievals from AATSR: an initial assessment through geophysical validation against in situ radiometers, buoys and other SST data sets . Advances in Space Research 37, 764-769 .

Crisp, D. , Atlas, R. M. , Breon, F. M. , Brown, L. R. , Burrows, J. P. , Ciais, P. , Connor, B. J. , Doney, S. C. , Fung, I. Y. , Jacob, D. J. , Miller, C. E. , O’Brien, D. , Pawson, S. , Randerson, J. T. , Rayner, P. , Salawitch, R. J. , Sander, S. P. , Sen, B. , Stephens, G. L. , Tans, P. P. , Toon, G. C. , Wennberg, P. O. , Wofsy, S. C. , Yung, Y. L. , Kuang, Z. , Chudasama, B. , Sprague, G. , Weiss, B. , Pollock, R. , Kenyon, D. and Schroll, S. 2004: The orbiting carbon observatory (OCO) mission . Advances in Space Research 34, 700-709 .

da Silva Curiel, A. , Boland, L. , Cooksley, J. , Bekhti, M. , Stephens, P. , Sun, W. and Sweeting, M. 2005: First results from the Disaster Monitoring Constellation . Acta Astronautica 56, 261-271 .

Donoghue, D. N. M. 2000: Remote sensing: sensors and application . Progress in Physical Geography 24, 407-414 .

French, A. N. , Jacob, F. , Anderson, M. C. , Kustas, W. P. , Timmermans, W. , Gieske, A. , Su, Z. , Su, H. , McCabe, M. F. , Li, F. , Prueger, J. and Brunsell, N. 2005: Surface energy fluxes with the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) at the Iowa 2002 SMACEX site (USA) . Remote Sensing of Environment 99, 55-65 .

Fujisada, H. , Bailey, G. B. , Kelly, G. G. , Hara, S. and Abrams, M. J. 2005: ASTER DEM performance . IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing 43, 2707-2714 .

Gasster, S. , Benator, S. and Bart, D. 2005: The NPOESS Preparatory Project: Architecture and Prototype Studies . Crosslink 6, 18-21 .

Giglio, L. , Csiszar, I. and Christopher Justice, C. O. 2006: Global distribution and seasonality of active fires as observed with the Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors . Journal Of Geophysical Research 111, G02016-G02016 , DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000142.

Guanter, L. Alonso, L. and Moreno, J. 2005: First results from the PROBA/CHRIS hyperspectral/multiangular satellite system over land and water targets . Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 2, 250-254 .

Hansen, J. E. and Sato, M. 2001: Trends of measured climate forcing agents . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 26, 14778-14783 .

Harries, J. E. , Russell, J. E. , Hanafin, J. A. , Brindley, H. , Futyan, J. , Rufus, J. , Kellock, S. , Matthews, G. , Wrigley, R. , Last, A. , Mueller, J. , Mossavati, R. , Ashmall, J. , Sawyer, E. , Parker, D. , Caldwell, M. , Allan, P. M. , Smith, A. , Bates, M. J. , Coan, B. , Stewart, B. C. , Lepine, D. R. , Cornwall, L. A. , Corney, D. R. , Ricketts, M. J. , Drummond, D. , Smart, D. , Cutler, R. , Dewitte, S. , Clerbaux, N. , Gonzalez, L. , Ipe, A. , Bertrand, C. , Joukoff, A. , Crommelynck, D. , Nelms, N. , Llewellyn-Jones, D. T. , Butcher, G. , Smith, G. L. , Szewczyk, Z. P. , Mlynczak, P. E. , Slingo, A. , Allan, R. P. and Ringer, M. A. 2005: The geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86, 945-960 .

Ichoku, C. , Remer, L. A. and Eck, T. F. 2005: Quantitative evaluation and intercomparison of morning and afternoon Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua . Journal Of Geophysical Research 110, D10S03-D10S03 , DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004987.

Jones, C. D. and Cox, P. 2005: On the significance of atmospheric CO2 growth rate anomalies in 2002-2003 . Geophysical Research Letters 32, L14816-L14816 , DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023027.

Kargel, J. S. , Abrams, M. J. , Bishop, M. P. , Bush, A. , Hamilton, G. , Jiskoot, H. , Kääb, A. , Kieffer, H. H. , Lee, E. L. , Paul, F. , Rau, F. Raup, B. , Shroder, J. F. , Soltesz, D. , Stainforth, D. , Stearns, L. and Wessels, R. 2005: Multispectral imaging contributions to global land ice measurements from space . Remote Sensing of Environment 99, 187-219 .

Koren, I. , Kaufman, Y. J. , Remer, L. A. and Martins, J. V. 2004: Measurement of the effect of biomass burning aerosol on inhibition of cloud formation over the Amazon . Science 303, 1342-1345 .

Langenberg, H. 2005: Atmospheric science: inside information . Science 437(7058), 468-469 .

Lefsky, M. A. , Harding, D. J. , Keller, M. , Cohen, W. B. , Carabajal, C. C. , Espirito-Santo, F. , Hunter, M. O. , de Oliveira, R., Jr and de Camargo P. B. 2005: Estimates of forest canopy height and aboveground biomass using ICESat . Geophysical Research Letters 32, L22S02-L22S02 , DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023971.

Ninomiya, Y. , Fu, B. and Cudahy, T. J. 2005: Detecting lithology with Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) multispectral thermal infrared ‘radianceat-sensor’ data . Remote Sensing of Environment 99, 127-139 .

Pieri, D. and Abrams, M. 2005: ASTER observations of thermal anomalies preceding the April 2003 eruption of Chikurachki volcano, Kurile Islands, Russia . Remote Sensing of Environment 99, 84-94 .

Rauste, Y. 2005: Multi-temporal JERS SAR data in boreal forest biomass mapping . Remote Sensing of Environment 97, 263-275 .

Remer, L. A. and Kaufman, Y. J. 2006: Aerosol direct radiative effect at the top of the atmosphere over cloud free ocean derived from four years of MODIS data . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 237-253 .

Santoro, M. , Eriksson, L. , Askne, R. and Schmullius, C. 2006: Assessment of stand-wise stem volume retrieval in boreal forest from JERS-1 L-band SAR backscatter . International Journal of Remote Sensing 27, 3425-3454 .

Schoeberl, M. R. , Douglass, A. R. , Hilsenrath, E. , Bhartia, P. K. , Barnett, J. , Gille, J. , Beer, R. , Gunson, M. , Waters, J. , Levelt, P. F. and DeCola, P. 2004: Earth Observing System missions benefit atmospheric research . Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85(18), 177-181 .

Schutz, B. E. , Zwally, H. J. , Shuman, C. A. , Hancock, D. and DiMarzio, J. P. 2005: Overview of the ICESat Mission . Geophysical Research Letters 32, L21S01-L21S01 , DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024009.

Spinhirne, J. D. , Palm, S. P. , Hart, W. D. , Hlavka, D. L. and Welton, E. J. 2005: Cloud and aerosol measurements from GLAS: Overview and initial results . Geophysical Research Letters 32, L22S03-L22S03 , DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023507.

Stephens, G. L. , Vane, D. G. , Boain, R. J. , Mace, G. G. , Sassen, K. , Wang, Z. , Iillingworth, A. J. , O’Connor, E. J. , Rossow, W. B. , Durden, S. L. , Miller, S. D. , Austin, R. T. , Benedetti, A. , Mitrescu, C. and the Cloudsat Science Team 2002: The Cloudsat mission and the A-Train, a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 83, 1771-1790 .

Stevens, N. F. , Garbeil, H. and Mouginis-Mark, P. J. 2004: NASA EOS Terra ASTER: volcanic topographic mapping and capability . Remote Sensing of Environment 90, 405-414 .

Stramondo, S. , Moro, M. , Doumaz, F. and Cinti, F. R. 2005: The 26 December 2003, Bam, Iran earthquake: surface displacement from Envisat ASAR interferometry . International Journal of Remote Sensing 26, 1027-1034 .

Titov, V. , Rabinovich, A. B. , Mofjeld, H. O. , Thomson, R. E. and González, F. I. 2005: The global reach of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami . Science 309(5743), 2045-2048 .

United States Government Accountability Office 2004: Polar-orbiting environmental satellites, information on program cost and schedule changes . GAO- 04-1054 Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellites, 28-28 pp.

Wielicki, B. A. , Wong, T. , Loeb, N. , Minnis, P. , Priestley, K. and Kandel, R. 2005: Changes in Earth’s albedo measured by satellite . Science 308(5723), 825-825 , DOI: 10.1126/science.1106484.

Wingham, D. J. , Francis, C. R. , Baker, S. , Bouzinac, C. , Brockley, D. , Cullen, R. , de Chateau-Thierry, P. , Laxon, S. W. , Mallow, U. , Mavrocordatos, C. , Phalippou, L. , Ratier, G. , Rey, L. , Rostan, F. , Viau, P. and Wallis, D. W. 2006: CryoSat: a mission to determine the fluctuations in Earth’s land and marine ice fields . Advances in Space Research 37, 841-871 .

Zhukov, B. , Lorenz, E. , Oertel, D. , Wooster, M. J. and Roberts, G. 2005: Spaceborne detection and characterization of fires during the Bi-spectral Infrared Detection (BIRD) experimental small satellite mission (2001-2004) . Remote Sensing of Environment 100, 29-51 .

Zielinski, S. 2005: Environmental satellite program over budget, behind schedule . Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union 86(45), 446-446 .