[1] The spectrally resolved infrared radiances observed by AIRS provide a strict and insightful test for general circulation models (GCMs). We compare the clearand totalsky spectra simulated from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory GCM using a high resolution radiation code with the AIRS observations. After ensuring consistency in the sampling of the observed and simulated spectra and a p...

The objective of the research is to characterize the surface spectral reflectance of the nearshore waters using atmospheric correction code—Tafkaa for retrieval of the marine water constituent concentrations from hyperspectral data. The study area is the nearshore waters of New York/New Jersey considered as a valued ecological, economic and recreational resource within the New York metropolitan...

A scanning UV-Visible spectrometer, the GEMS (Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer) onboard the GEO-KOMPSAT2B (Geostationary Korea MultiPurpose Satellite) is planned to be launched in geostationary orbit in 2018. The GEMS employs hyper-spectral imaging with 0.6 nm resolution to observe solar backscatter radiation in the UV and Visible range. In the UV range, the low surface contrib...

Satellite-based hyperspectral imaging became a reality in November 2000 with the successful launch and operation of the Hyperion system on board the EO-1 platform. Hyperion is a pushbroom imager with 220 spectral bands in the 400-2500 nm wavelength range, a 30 meter pixel size and a 7.5 km swath. Pre-launch characterization of Hyperion measured low signal to noise (SNR<40:1) for the geologicall...

The NASA airborne Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) was flown over Death Valley, California on both a daytime flight and a nighttime flight within a two-day period in July 1983. This Daedulus scanner has six channels in the thermal infrared, between 8 and 12 pm. Calibrated digital spectral radiance data from these flights, along with Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) reflectance data, pe...

The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) aboard ESA’s ERS-2 satellite measures the reflected and backscattered radiation from the Earth in the UV/VIS spectral range at moderate spectral resolution. In this paper a neural network based technique for atmospheric ozone profiles retrieval from radiance spectra measured by GOME is presented. Depending on the choice of the spectral interval used...

The upwelling radiance distribution in optically shallow water is investigated with experiments and Hydrolight numerical simulations for two different benthic surfaces and a range of solar zenith angles (,608). Over a bright sand surface (water depth 5 m) the upwelling radiance distribution was brightest at nadir and decreased toward the horizon. The upwelling radiance distribution was nearly a...