Refereed Publications

Cattrall, C., J. Reagan, K. Thome, and O. Dubovik, “Variability of aerosol and spectral lidar and backscatter and extinction ratios of key aerosol types derived from selected Aerosol Robotic Network locations,” J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10211, doi:10.1029/2004JD005124, 2005.

Galbraith, A. E., J. Theiler, K. J. Thome, R. W. Ziolkowski, “Resolution enhancement of multilook imagery for the Multispectral Thermal Imager,”  IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 43, pp. 1964-1977, 2005.

Brown, S.W., B.C. Johnson, S.F. Biggar, E.F. Zalewski, J. Cooper, P. Hajek, E. Hildum, P.Grant, R.A. Barnes, J.J. Butler, “Radiometric validation of NASA’s Ames Research Center’s Sensor Calibration Laboratory”, Applied Optics, Vol. 44, No 30. October 2005.

Yoshida, M., H. Murakami, Y. Mitomi, M. Hori, K. J. Thome, D. K. Clark,  H. Fukushima, “Vicarious calibration of GLI by ground observation data”,  IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 43, pp. 2167-2176, 2005.

Thome, K. J., D. L. Helder, D. Aaron,  J. D. Dewald, “Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ absolute radiometric calibration using the reflectance-based method”,  IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 42, pp. 2777-2785, 2004.

Biggar, S., K. Thome, J. Geis, C. Burkhart, “Laser-based system for ground-based measurement of backscatter surface reflectance”, IEEE, 2004.

Reagan, J., X. Wang, C. Cattrall, K. Thome, “Spaceborne Lidar Aerosol Retrieval Approaches Based on Aerosol Model Constraints”, IEEE, 2004.

Thome, K., J. Reagan, J. Geis, M. Bolt, J. Spinhirne, “Validation of GLAS calibration using ground- and satellite-based data”, IEEE, 2004.

Markham, B. L., K. J. Thome, J. A. Barsi, E. Kaita, D. L. Helder, J. L. Barker,  P. L. Scarmuzza, “Landsat-7 ETM+ on-orbit reflective band radiometric stability and absolute calibration”,  IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 42, pp. 2810-2820, 2004.

Chander, G., D. L. Helder, B. L. Markham, J. D. Dewald, E. Kaita, K. J. Thome, E. Micijevic,  T. A. Ruggles, “Landsat-5 TM reflective band absolute radiometric calibration”, IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 42, pp. 2747-2760, 2004.

Teillet, P.M., D.L. Helder, T. A. Ruggles, F. J. Ahern, N. J. Higgs, J. Barsi, B.L. Markham, J.L. Barker, K.J. Thome, J.R. Schott,  F.D. Palluconi,, “A definitive calibration record for the Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper anchored to the Landsat-7 radiometric scale”, Canadian J. of Rem. Sens., 30, pp. 631-643, 2004.

Thome, K. J., “In-flight intersensor radiometric calibration using vicarious approaches,” Post-Launch Calibration of Satellite Sensors, Edited by S. A. Morain and A. M. Budge, Balkema Publishers, Philadephia, pp. 93-102, 2004.

Thome K. J., S. F. Biggar, W. T. Wisniewski, “Cross-comparison of EO-1 sensors and other Earth Resources Sensors to Landsat-7 ETM+ Using Railroad Valley Playa,” IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 41, pp. 1180-1188, 2003.

Biggar, S. F.,  K. J. Thome, W. T. Wisniewski, “Vicarious radiometric calibration of EO-1 sensors by reference to high-reflectance ground targets”, IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 41, pp. 1174-1179, 2003.

Bryant, R. , M. S. Moran, S. A. McElroy, C. D. Holifield, K. J. Thome, T. Miura, S. F. Biggar, “Data continuity of Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) Advanced Land Imager (ALI) and Landsat TM and ETM+”,  IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 41, pp. 1204-1214, 2003.

Kuester, M. A.,  K. J. Thome, J. A. Reagan, “Automated statistical approach to Langley evaluation for a solar radiometer”, Applied Optics, 42, pp. 4914-4920, 2003.

Barnes, R. A. E.F. Zalewski, “reflectance-based calibration of SeaWiFS.  I. Calibration coefficients”, Applied Optics, 43, pp 1629-1647, 2003.

Barnes, R.A., E.F. Zalewski, “Reflectance-based calibration of SeaWiFS.  II.  Conversion to radiance”, Applied Optics, 42, pp 1648-1660, 2003.

Butler, J.J., S.W. Brown, R.D. Saunders, B.C. Johnson, S. F. Bittar, E.F. Zalewski, B.L. Markham, P.N. Gracey, J.B., Young, R.A. Barnes, “Radiometric Measurement comparison on the integrating sphere source used to calibrate the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)”, Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 108, pp 199-228, 2003.

Pagnutti, M., R. E. Ryan, M. Kelly, K. Holekamp, V. Zanoni, K. Thome, S. Schiller, “Radiometric characterization of IKONOS multispectral imagery”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 88, pp. 53-68, 2003.

Abdou, W. A., C. J., M. C. Helmlinger, J. E. Conel, S. H. Pilorsz, W. Ledeboer, B. J. Gaitley, K. J. Thome, “Vicarious calibration experiment in support of the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer”,   IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 40, pp. 1500-1511, 2002.

Rojas, F., R.A. Schowengerdt, S. F. Biggar, “Early results on the characterization of the Terra MODIS spatial response”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 83, pp. 50-61, 2002.

Bruegge, C. J., N. L. Chrien, R. R. Ando, D. J. Diner, W. A. Abdou, M. C. Helmlinger, S. H. Pilorsz, K. J. Thome, “Early validation of the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) radiometric scale”,   IEEE Trans. On Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 40, pp. 1477-1492, 2002.

Cattrall, C., K. L. Carder, K. J. Thome, H. R. Gordon, “Solar-reflectance-based calibration of spectral radiometers”, Geophysical Res. Letters, 29, 1941, doi:10.1029/2002GL015130, 2002.

Thome, K. J., “Absolute radiometric calibration of Landsat-7 ETM+ using the reflectance-based method”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 78, pp. 27-38, 2001.

Arai, K., K. Thome, S. Tsuchida, K. Maekawa, H. Tonooka, “Early results from the vicarious calibration activities for ASTER/VNIR and SWIR in Japan”, Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 21, pp. 431-439, 2001.

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, “Radiometric characterization of field radiometers in support of the 1997 Lunar Lake, Nevada experiment to determine surface reflectance and top-of-atmosphere radiance”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 77, pp. 367-376, 2001.

Hook, S. J., J. J. Myers, K. J. Thome, M. Fitzgerald, A. B. Kahle, “The MODIS/ASTER airborne simulator (MASTER) - a new instrument for earth science studies”, Remote Sens. of Env., 76, pp. 93-102, 2001

Moran, M. S., R. Bryant, K. Thome, W. Ni, Y. Nouvellon, M. P. Gonzalez-Dugo, J. Qi,  T. R. Clarke, “A refined empirical line approach for reflectance factor retrieval from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 78, pp. 71-82, 2001.

Nandy, P., K. Thome, S. Biggar, “Characterization and field use of a CCD camera system for retrieval of bi-directional reflectance distribution function”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, pp. 11,957-11,966, 2001.

Slater, P. N., S. F. Biggar, J. M. Palmer, K. J. Thome, “Unified approach to absolute radiometric calibration in the solar-reflective range”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 77, pp. 293-303, 2001.

Teillet, P. M., G. Fedosejevs, R. P. Gauthier, N. T. O’Neill, K. J. Thome, S. F. Biggar, H. Ripley, A. Meygret, “A generalized approach to the vicarious calibration of multiple Earth observation sensors using hyperspectral data”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 77, pp. 304-327, 2001.

Thome, K. J.,  P. Nandy, “Accuracy of ground-reference calibration of imaging spectroradiometers at large sensor view angles”, Journal of Remote Sens. Soc. Of Japan, 20, pp. 112-124, 2000.

Arai, K., K. J. Thome, “An error budget analysis of the vicarious calibration for visible to near infrared radiometers onboard satellites based on the reflectance based method”, Journal of Japan Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 39, pp. 99-105, 2000.

Early, E.A., P.Y. Barnes, B.C. Johnson, J.J. Butler, C. J. Bruegge, S. F. Biggar, P. R. Spyak, M. M. Pavlov, “Bi-directional Reflectance Round-Robin in Support of the Earth Observing System Program”, American Metrological Society, 2000.

Arai, K., K. J. Thome, S. Tsuchida, T. Takashima, Y. Kawata, S. Machida, H. Tonooka, “Field experiment in Tsukuba test site for ASTER vicarious calibration (visible to near-infrared and shortwave infrared radiometers)”, Journal of Remote Sens. Soc. Of Japan, 20, pp. 55-62, 2000.

Barnes, R. A., R. E. Eplee Jr., S. F. Biggar, K. J. Thome, E. F. Zalewski, P. N. Slater,  A. W. Holmes, “SeaWiFS transfer-to-orbit experiment”, Applied Optics, 39, pp. 5620-5631, 2000.

Privette, J. L., G. P. Asner, J. Conel, K. F. Huemmrich, R. Olson, A. Rango, A. F. Rahman, K. Thome, E. A. Walter-Shea, “The EOS Prototype Validation Exercise (PROVE) at Jornada: overview and lessons learned”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 74, pp. 1-12, 2000.

Dinguirard, M., P.N. Slater, “Calibration of Space-Multispectral Imaging Sensors: A Review”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 68, pp 194-205, 1999.

Sicard, M., P.R. Spyak, G. Broginez, M. Legrand, N.K. Abuhassan, C. Pietras, J. P. Buis, “Thermal-infrared field radiometer for vicarious cross-calibration: characterization and comparisons with other field instruments”, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 38, pp. 345-356, 1999.

Barnes, R.A., R.E. Eplee, Jr., S.F. Biggar, K.J. Thome, E.F. Zalewski, P.N. Slater, A.W. Holmes, “Volume 5, The SeaWiFS Solar Radiation-Based Calibration and the Transfer-to-Orbit Experiment”, Technical Report Series, 5, pp1-28, 1999.

Thome, K., S. Schiller, J. Conel, K. Arai, and S. Tsuchida, "Results of the 1996 Earth Observing System vicarious calibration campaign at Lunar Lake Playa, Nevada (USA)", Metrologia, 35, pp. 631-638, 1998

Johnson, B. Carol, P.Y. Barnes, T. R. O’Brian, J.J. Butler, C.J. Bruegge, S. Biggar, P.R. Spyak, M. M. Pavlov, “Initial results of the bi-directional reflectance characterization round-robin in support of EOS”, Metrologia, 35, pp 609-613, 1998.

Yoon, H.W., B. Carol Johnson, D. Kelch, S. Biggar, P.R. Spyak, “A 400 nm to 2500 nm absolute spectral radiance comparison using filter radiometers”, Metrologia, 35, pp 563-568, 1998.

Biggar, S. F., “Calibration of a visible and near-infrared portable transfer radiometer”, Metrologia, 35, pp 701-706, 1998.

Schmid, B., P.R. Spyak, S.F. Biggar, C. Wehrli, T. Ingold, C. Matzler, N. Kampfer, “Evaluation of the Applicability of solar and lamp radiometric calibrations of a precision Sun photometer operating between 300 and 1025 nm”, Applied Optics, 37, pp 3923-3941, 1998.

Thome, K., K. Arai, S. Hook, H. Kieffer, H. Lang, T. Matsunaga, A. Ono, F. Palluconi, H. Sakuma, P. Slater, T. Takashima, H. Tonooka, S. Tsuchida, R. Welch, E. Zalewski, “ASTER preflight and in-flight calibration and the validation of Level 2 products”, IEEE Trans. On Geos. and Rem. Sens., 36, pp. 1161-1172, 1998.

Thome, K. J.,  F. P. Palluconi, T. Takashima, K. Masuda  “Atmospheric correction of ASTER,” IEEE Trans. On Geos. and Rem. Sens., 36, pp. 1199-1211, 1998.

Sicard, M. K. J. Thome, B. G. Crowther, M. W. Smith, "Shortwave infrared spectroradiometer for atmospheric transmittance measurements", J. of Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 15, pp. 174-183, 1998.

Spyak, P. R., J. H. LaMarr, K. J. Thome, “Atmospheric absorption in laboratory measurements: a comparison between MODTRAN3 and measurement”, Appl. Optics, 37, pp. 5797-5805, 1998.

Thome, K. J., B. G. Crowther, S. F. Biggar, “Reflectance- and irradiance-based calibration of Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper”, Canadian J. of Rem. Sens., 23, pp. 309-317, 1997.

Thome, K. B. Markham, J. Barker, P. Slater, S. Biggar, "Radiometric calibration of Landsat", Photogramm. Eng. and Remote Sensing., 63, pp. 853-858, 1997.

Johnson, B.Carol, F. Sakuma, J.J. Butler, S.F. Biggar, J.W. Cooper, J. Ishida, K. Suzuki, “Radiometric measurement comparison using the ocean color temperature scanner (OCTS) visible and near infrared integrating sphere”, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol., 102:6:627-646, 1997.

Spyak, P.R., “Beam expander, pinhole, and crosshair alignment to laser beams”, Engineering & Laboratory Notes in Applied Optics, 36, 9111-9112, 1997.

Descour, M. R., C. E. Volin, E. L. Dereniak, K. J. Thome, A. B. Schumacher, D. W. Wilson, P. D. Maker, "Demonstration of a high-speed nonscanning imaging spectrometer", Optics Letters, 22, pp. 1271-1273, 1997.

Schmid, B., K. Thome, P. Demoulin, R. Peter, C. Mätzler, J. Sekler, "Comparison of modeled and empirical approaches for retrieving columnar water vapor from solar transmittance measurements in the 0.94-μm region”,  J. of Geophys. Res., 101, pp. 9345-9358, 1996.

Ono, A., F. Sakuma, K. Arai, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Fujisada, P. N. Slater, K. J. Thome, F. Palluconi, H. Kieffer, "Preflight and in-flight calibration plan for ASTER", J. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13, pp. 321-335, 1996.

Ono, A., F. Sakuma, K. Arai, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Fujisada, P. N. Slater, K. J. Thome, F. Palluconi, H. Kieffer, "Preflight and in-flight calibration plan for ASTER", Bulletin of NRLM, 45, pp. 376-386, 1996.

Slater, P. N., S. F. Biggar, K. J. Thome, D. I. Gellman, P. R. Spyak, "Vicarious radiometric calibrations of EOS sensors", J. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13, pp. 349-359, 1996.

Slater, P.N., S.F. Biggar, “Suggestions for Radiometric Calibration Coefficient Generation”, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Special issue on EOS calibration, Vol. 13 No.2, pages 349-359, April 1996.

Herman, B. M., T. R. Caudill, D. E. Flittner, K. J. Thome, A. Ben-David, "Comparison of the Gauss-Seidel spherical polarized radiative transfer code with other radiative transfer codes", Appl. Optics, 34, pp. 4563-4572, 1995.

Moran, M. S., R. D. Jackson, T. R. Clarke, J. Qi, F. Cabot, K. J. Thome,  B. L. Markham, "Reflectance factor retrieval from Landsat TM and SPOT HRV data for bright and dark targets", Rem. Sens. of Environment, 52, pp. 218-230, 1995.

Reagan, J., K. Thome, B. Herman, R. Stone, J. DeLuisi, J. Snider, "A comparison of columnar water vapor retrievals obtained with near-IR solar radiometer and microwave radiometer measurements", J. Appl. Meteorology, 34, pp. 1384-1391, 1995.

Slater, P. N., K. J. Thome, K. Arai, H. Fujisada, H. H. Kieffer, A. Ono, F. Sakuma, F. D. Palluconi, Y. Yamaguchi, "Radiometric calibration of ASTER data", Japanese Journal of Remote Sensing, 15, pp. 16-23, 1995.

Thome, K. J., M. W. Smith, J. M. Palmer, and J. A. Reagan, "Three-channel solar radiometer for determining atmospheric columnar water vapor", Appl. Optics, 33, pp. 5811-5819, 1994.

Biggar, S. F., P.N. Slater, and D.I. Gellman, “Uncretainties in the in-flight calibration of sensors with reference to measured ground sites in the 0.4 to 1.1 um range”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 48:245-252, 1994

Smith, M. W.,  S. F. Biggar, “Calibration and performance evaluation of a portable shortwave infrared (1.05- to 2.45-um) spectrometer”, Optical Engineering, Vol. 33:11:3781-3792, November 1994.

Biggar, S.F., P.N. Slater, D.I. Gellman, “Uncertainties in the in-flight calibration of sensors with reference to measured ground sites in the 0.4 to 1.1 um range”, Remote Sens. Of Environ., Vol 48:245-252, 1994

Herman, B. M., A. Ben-David, K. J. Thome, "Numerical technique for solving the radiative transfer equation for a spherical-shell atmosphere", Appl. Optics, 33, pp. 1760-1770, 1994.

Flittner, D. E., B. M. Herman, K. J. Thome, J. M. Simpson, J. A. Reagan, "Total ozone and aerosol optical depths inferred from radiometric measurements in the Chappuis absorption band", Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 50, pp. 1113-1121, 1993.

Thome, K. J., B. M. Herman, J. A. Reagan, "Determination of precipitable water from solar transmission", J. of Appl. Meteorology, 31, pp. 157-165, 1992.

Reagan, J. A., K. J. Thome, B. M. Herman, "A simple instrument and technique for measuring columnar water vapor via near-IR differential solar transmission measure­ments", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 30, pp. 825-832, 1992.

Santer, "Obtaining surface reflectance factors from atmospheric and view angle corrected SPOT-1 HRV data", Rem Sens. of Environ., 32:203-214, 1990.

Biggar, S.F., D.I. Gellman, P.N. Slater, Improved evaluation of optical depth components from Langley plot data”, Rem. Sens. of Environ., 32:91-101, 1990.

M. S. Moran, R. D. Jackson, G. F. Hart, P. N. Slater, R. J. Bartell, S. F. Biggar, D. I.
Gellman and R. P.  Santer, “Obtaining surface reflectance factors from      atmospheric and view angle corrected SPOT-1 HRV data”, Rem. Sens of Environ., 32:203-214, 1990

R.G. Holm, M.S. Moran, R.D. Jackson, P.N. Slater, B. Yuan, S.F. Biggar, Surface reflectance factor retrieval from Thematic Mapper data”, Rem.Sens. of Environ. 27:47-57, 1989.

Slater, P.N., S.F. Biggar, R. G. Holm, R.D. Jackson, Y. Mao, M.S. Moran, J.M. Palmer, B. Yuan, “Reflectance- and radiance-based methods for the in-flight absolute calibration of multispectral sensors, Rem. Sens. Of Environ. 22:11-37, 1987.

Jackson, R. D., M.S. Moran, P.N. Slater, S.F. Biggar, “Field calibration of reference reflectance panels”, Rem Sens of Environ. 22:145-158, 1987.