Earth Observing Systems IV Book

	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager: instrument system design	2
	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager: an all-reflective off-center off-axis focal telescope for Earth observation	11
	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager (AGSI): image navigation and registration (INR) system	23
	Scanning technique for Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager: conical scanning to compensate for image rotation	35
	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager: scanning CCD star detection	47
	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager: focal plane design	58
	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager thermal design	68
	EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	80
	EO-1 Advanced Land Imager calibration and performance overview	89
	Spatial calibration of the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	97
	Spectral calibration of the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	109
	Radiometric calibration of the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	117
	Automated ground data acquisition and processing system for calibration and performance assessment of the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	132
	Performance assessment software for the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	141
	Radiometric calibration pipeline for the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager	153
	Status of the SeaWinds scatterometer on QuikScat	164
	Sigma-0 retrieval from SeaWinds on QuikScat	171
	Agricultural applications from remotely sensed radar imagery	179
	Method for land use and land cover identification in a tropical area using multisensor optical and radar imageries	186
	Post-launch evaluation of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A on the NOAA-15 satellite	195
	Airborne microwave radiometric imaging system	207
	SPOT5 system	212
	Scientific requirements and optical design of the ozone monitoring instrument on EOS-CHEM	221
	EOS/ACRIM III instrumentation	233
	Acousto-optic spectrometers for Earth remote sensing	243
	Feasibility of a low-cost optical surveillance satellite	250
	Noise performance of the NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed Interferometer (NAST-I) sounder: flight and model results	260
	MODIS and ASTER airborne simulators	269
	Accuracy assessment of MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS): 1996 to 1998	274
	Wide-field-of-view Schmidt-sphere imaging collimator	286
	Vacuum window optical power induced by temperature gradients	297
	Alternatives to SiOx for protective scan mirror coatings in remote sensing instruments	309
	Design calculation of the two-mirror compensating/active scan subsystem using in-space remote sensors	319
	Design calculation of the multispectral mini-filter assembly (MMFA) using an in-space remote sensor	322
	Heuristics for scheduling Earth observing satellites	328
	Application of a special JBIG processor to compression of Earth observation images	340
	Detection of cumulus cloud fields in satellite imagery	345
	Next-generation information system for Earth science data	356
	Modulation transfer function testing of a time-delay-integrate charge-coupled-device imager using a flashlamp light source	368
	Pre-launch noise characterization of the Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM Plus)	376
	SRCA radiometric calibration tracking from pre-launch to on-orbit	388
	Point response characteristics for the CERES/EOS-PM, FM3, and FM4 instruments	395
	Calibration of the SCIAMACHY instrument on the ESA-ENVISAT satellite	407
	Meteosat second generation: on-ground calibration, characterization, and sensitivity analysis of the SEVIRI imaging radiometer	419
	Comparison of SCARAB FM1 and SCARAB FM2 calibration performances	431
	Intercomparison of sensor calibration techniques for the advanced solid state array spectroradiometer (ASAS) as a performance validation tool	442
	Post-launch tests of radiometric functions of GOES sensors	454
	Three years of successful in-orbit calibration of the modular optoelectronic scanner (MOS) on the Indian IRS-P3 mission	466
	Radiometric calibration of multiple Earth observation sensors using airborne hyperspectral data at the Newell County rangeland test site	470
	Analyses of on-orbit determinations of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) thermistor bolometer sensor zero-radiance offsets	482
	Selected CERES electronic component survivability under simulated overvoltage conditions	494
	Saudi Arabian solar radiation network and data for validating satellite remote sensing systems	503
	Remote sensing data respository for in-flight calibration of optical sensors over terrestrial targets	514
	Advanced Geosynchronous Studies Imager: ground system architecture	526
	Monitoring Bering Sea ice change using reconstructed NSCAT imagery	536
	Vegetation classification using seasonal variations of sigma-0	545
	Dual-purpose camera for terrestrial x- and gamma-ray observations	557
	20-channel airborne spectrometer 8- to 13-mkm range	567
	Design of an environmental information system for Yonezawa City in Japan	580
	SCIAMACHY instrument simulator	590