TY  - CONF
AU  - Angal, A.
AU  - Xiong, X.
AU  - Choi, T.J.
AU  - Chander, Gyanesh
AU  - Wu, A.
A2  - San Diego, Calif.
ED  - Goldberg, M.D.
ED  - Bloom, H.J.
ED  - in
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Using the Sonoran Desert test site to monitor the long-term radiometric stability of the Landsat TM/ETM+ and Terra MODIS sensors
T2  - article number 745601
BT  - Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization V-Readiness for GEOSS III
VL  - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7456
PB  - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
CY  - Bellingham, Wash.
KW  - band
KW  - bands
KW  - bidirectional reflectance
KW  - bidirectional reflectance distribution function
KW  - BRDF
KW  - calibration
KW  - characterization
KW  - collaboration
KW  - conference papers
KW  - data
KW  - data processing
KW  - desert
KW  - distribution function
KW  - Earth
KW  - earth resources
KW  - Earth Resources Observation and Science
KW  - Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
KW  - EROS
KW  - geometry
KW  - impact
KW  - instrument
KW  - Landsat
KW  - Landsat 5
KW  - Landsat 7
KW  - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
KW  - MODIS
KW  - monitoring
KW  - NASA
KW  - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
KW  - pseudo-invariant
KW  - radiometric
KW  - radiometric calibration
KW  - reflectance
KW  - remote sensing
KW  - resources
KW  - sensor
KW  - spectral band
KW  - temporal
KW  - Terra
KW  - Terra MODIS
KW  - test site
KW  - Thematic Mapper (TM)
KW  - Thematic Mapper/Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
KW  - TM
KW  - TOA
KW  - U.S.Geological Survey (USGS)
KW  - USGS
KW  - viewing geometry
N2  - Pseudo-invariant ground targets have been extensively used to monitor the long-term radiometric calibration stability of remote sensing instruments. The NASA MODIS Characterization Support Team (MCST), in collaboration with members from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, has previously demonstrated the use of pseudo-invariant ground sites for the long-term stability monitoring of Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ sensors. This paper focuses on the results derived from observations made over the Sonoran Desert. Additionally, Landsat 5 TM data over the Sonoran Desert site were used to evaluate the temporal stability of this site. Top-ofatmosphere (TOA) reflectances were computed for the closely matched TM, ETM+, and MODIS spectral bands over selected regions of interest. The impacts due to different viewing geometries, or the effect of test site Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF), are also presented.
SN  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.825075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.825075
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ID  - Angal_etal2009
ER  -