Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites II, Vol. 2 Book

	Conference Committee
	EOS AM-1	2
	End-to-end spectral characterization of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) thermistor bolometer radiometers	12
	Geometric validation plan for ASTER	23
	System design and performances of ASTER Level-1 data processing	34
	Technical challenge of the ASTER ground data system	45
	EOS Chemistry spacecraft	53
	Development of long-wave microwave satellite systems for measuring soil moisture	65
	NPOESS preparatory project (NPP)	72
	Status of the MetOp-1 program at ESA	78
	Millimeter-wave aperture synthesis for remote sensing of the Earth	82
	SCIAMACHY instrument on ENVISAT-1	94
	Ground calibration targets for MIMR radiometer system testing	106
	MIMR demonstrator model calibration/validation campaign	118
	ENVISAT-1 Microwave Radiometer (MWR): validation campaign achievements	130
	ENVISAT-1 MWR: calibration targets and preflight calibration	141
	Absolute calibration of the EnviSat-1 radar altimeter	153
	Mission studies of Japanese small satellites	162
	PRISM: a panchromatic three-line sensor for mapping onboard ALOS	173
	PALSAR system on the ALOS	181
	HgCdTe multispectral infrared FPAs for remote sensing applications	192
	Optical and electrothermal design of a linear-array thermopile detector for Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget applications	203
	Classification of vegetation types using a high-spectral and spatial resolution hyperspectral sensor	216
	Portable visible imaging spectropolarimeter for remote sensing applications	223
	Payload qualification and optical performance test results for the MightySat II.1 hyperspectral imager	231
	Overview of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)	240
	Multipurpose active pixel sensor (APS)-based microtracker	248
	Next-generation CMOS active pixel sensors for satellite hybrid optical communications/imaging sensor systems	255
	Short-wave calibration of ATSR-2 at Australian land sites	266
	Onboard short-wavelength calibration monitor for the GERB instrument: progress	277
	Calibration of present and future Meteosat infrared sensors	288
	Experience and results of long-term in-orbit sun calibration of the Modular Optoelectronic Scanner (MOS) on the Indian IRS-P3 mission	300
	Requirements for calibration of focal plane arrays for imaging spectrometers	305
	SeaWiFS measurements of the moon	311
	Use of the moon for spacecraft calibration over 350 to 2500 nm	325
	Lunar calibration of geostationary visible-band imagers	337
	SPOT4: first in-flight absolute calibration results	348
	New calibration technique for interferometric radiometers	359
	Snow BRDF effects on vicarious and cross calibrations of ASTER	367
	SPOT4 HRVIR first in-flight image quality results	376
	Multispectral sensor using off-axis three-mirror reflective optics for airborne surveillance	390
	Remote sensor for tropospheric trace gas soundings from a satellite	400
	Opportunity for cooperation in space remote sensing technology between ESA and CAST	409
	SNR estimation and systematic disturbance rejection in hyperspectral remotely sensed images of the Earth	420
	Optical heterodyne arrays for large space optics figure sensing	430
	Multiwavelength heterodyne array system for large space optics control	434
	Performance of a four-channel polarimeter with very low light level detection	446
	Joint Russian-USA Meteor-3M(2)/TOMS-5 mission	458
	Modernization of the EUV spectrometer for the space patrol of solar ionizing radiation	465
	Dynamic aberration measurement in Earth observation adaptive optics systems	471
	Modeling the radiometric signatures of the Earth from space: a tool to study the performance of new radiometers	484
	Characterization of the solar diffuser as the primary standard for onboard calibration of the Moderate Resolution imaging Spectroradiometer	496
	Author index	509