Atmospheric correction for MASTER image data using localized modelled and observed meteorology and trace gases

Daniel S Tkacik; Yaitza Luna-Cruz; Nicholas Clinton; Scott Spak; John Ryan

doi:10.1080/01431161.2010.551550

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Atmospheric correction for MASTER image data using localized modelled and observed meteorology and trace gases

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Atmospheric correction for MASTER image data using localized modelled and observed meteorology and trace gases

Daniel S Tkacik, Yaitza Luna-Cruz, Nicholas Clinton, Scott Spak and John Ryan

Remote sensing letters, Vol.3(3), pp.201-209

2012

DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.551550

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Atmospheric correction for remote sensing-based studies typically does not use information from spatio-temporally resolved meteorological models. We assessed the effect of using observations and mesoscale weather and chemical transport models on multispectral retrievals of land and ocean properties. We performed two atmospheric corrections on image data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)/Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) airborne simulator over Monterey Bay, California. One correction used local atmospheric profiles of meteorology and trace gases at overpass and the other used the 1976 US Standard default atmospheric profile in the MODTRAN4 radiative transfer model. We found only minor impacts from atmospheric correction in the Fluorescence Line Height index of ocean chlorophyll, but substantive differences in retrievals of surface temperature and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Improvements in sea surface temperature retrieval were validated by in situ measurements. Results indicate that spatio-temporally specific atmospheric correction factors from mesoscale models can improve retrievals of surface properties from remotely sensed image data.

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Title: Subtitle: Atmospheric correction for MASTER image data using localized modelled and observed meteorology and trace gases
Creators: Daniel S Tkacik
Yaitza Luna-Cruz
Nicholas Clinton
Scott Spak
John Ryan
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Remote sensing letters, Vol.3(3), pp.201-209
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.551550
ISSN: 2150-7058
eISSN: 2150-7058
Language: English
Date published: 2012
Academic Unit: Civil and Environmental Engineering; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Planning and Public Affairs
Record Identifier: 9983993026202771

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