Conference Papers (2000–2009)

Thome, K., “Vicarious calibration of ASTER backward‑looking telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6296, San Diego, Calif., 629611, 2006.

Thome, K., J. D’Amico, C. Hugon, “Intercomparison of Terra ASTER, MISR, and MODIS, and Landsat-7 ETM+”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver, Colorado, 2006

Markham, B. L., J. A. Barsi, D. L. Helder, K. J. Thome, J. L. Barker, “Evaluation of the Landsat‑5 TM radiometric calibration history using desert test sites”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6361, San Diego, Calif., 63610V, 2006.

McCorkel, J., K. Thome, S. Biggar, M. Kuester, “Radiometric calibration of Advanced Land Imager using reflectance‑based results between 2001 and 2005”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6296, San Diego, Calif., 62960G, 2006.

D’Amico, J., K. Thome, J. Czapla‑Myers, “Validation of large‑footprint reflectance‑based calibration using coincident MODIS and ASTER data”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6296, San Diego, Calif., 629612, 2006.

Mahler, A., K. Thome, D. Yin, W. A. Sprigg, “Dust transport model validation using satellite‑ and ground‑based methods in the southwestern United States”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6299, San Diego, Calif., 62990L, 2006.

Buchanan, J. H., J. Dobler, K. Thome, S. Biggar, “Validation of a laser‑based system for ground measurement of backscatter surface reflectance”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6296, San Diego, Calif., 629613, 2006.

Thome, K., J. Czapla-Myers, K. Scott, “Automated ground system for reflectance-based calibration”, Proc. 14th Annual CALCON Technical Conference, Logan, Utah, 2005.

Thome, K. J., “Sampling and uncertainty issues in trending reflectance-based vicarious calibration results”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Thome, K. J., J. Geis, C. Cattrall, “Comparisons of ground-reference calibration results for Landsat-7 ETM+ for large and small test sites”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Thome, K. J., C. Cattrall, J. D’Amico, J. Geis, “Ground-reference calibration results for Landsat-7 ETM+”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Thome, K. J., “Solar radiometry studies of Tucson’s Aspen Fire smoke”, Proc. of Workshop Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols, pp. 26-31, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.

Biggar, S. F., K. J. Thome, J. T. McCorkel, J. M. D’Amico, “Vicarious calibration of the ASTER SWIR sensor including crosstalk correction”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Cattrall, C., J. Reagan, K. Thome, X. Wang, “Further constraining space borne lidar aerosol retrievals using an independently determined Angstrom parameter”, Proc. of Workshop Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.

Czapla-Myers, J. S., K. J. Thome, S. F. Biggar, “Unmanned vicarious calibration of large-footprint sensors”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Hudspeth, W., S. Nickovic, D. Yin, B. Chandy, B. Barbaris, A. Budge, T. Budge, S. Baros, K. Benedict, C. Bales, C. Cattrall, S. Morain, G. Sanchez, W. Sprigg, K. Thome, “PHAIRS – A public health decision support system: Initial results”, Proc. 31st International Symp. on Remote Sensing of Environment, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005.

Wang, X., J. Reagan, C. Cattrall, K. Thome, “Spaceborne lidar aerosol retrieval approaches based on improved aerosol model constraints”, Proc. of Workshop Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.

Dobler, J. K. Thome, “Methods for validation of the on‑orbit calibration of CALIOP and for establishing a bond with MODIS for enhancing future retrievals”, Proc. 15th Annual CALCON Technical Conference, Logan, Utah, 2005.

Leisso, N., K. Thome, “Effect of atmospheric characterization on the reflectance‑based vicarious method of radiometric calibration of Landsat 7 ETM+”, Proc. 15th Annual CALCON Technical Conference, Logan, Utah, 2005.

Thome, K., J. Czapla-Myers, K. Scott, “Automated ground system for reflectance-based calibration”, Proc. 14th Annual CALCON Technical Conference, Logan, Utah, 2005.

Thome, K. J., “Sampling and uncertainty issues in trending reflectance-based vicarious calibration results”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Thome, K. J., C. Cattrall, J. D’Amico, J. Geis, “Ground-reference calibration results for Landsat-7 ETM+”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Thome, K. J., “Solar radiometry studies of Tucson’s Aspen Fire smoke”, Proc. of Workshop Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols, pp. 26-31, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.

Czapla-Myers, J. S., K. J. Thome, S. F. Biggar, “Unmanned vicarious calibration of large-footprint sensors”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5882, San Diego, Calif., 2005.

Thome, K., J. Czapla-Myers, S. Biggar, “Railroad Valley Playa for use in vicarious calibration of large footprint sensors”, Proc. of Workshop on Intercomparison of Large Scale Optical and Infrared Sensors, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2004.

Garland, W.C., S.F. Biggar, E.F. Zalewski, K.J. Thome, “Optical correction for multiple back reflections in an automated spectroradiometric measurement system”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5159:82-90, Jan 2004.

Thome, K., J. Reagan, J. Geis, M. Bolt, J. Spinhirne, “Validation of GLAS calibration using ground- and satellite-based data,” International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 2468-2471, Anchorage, Alaska, 2004.

Biggar, S., K. Thome, J. Geis, C. Burkhart, “Laser-based system for ground measurement of backscatter surface reflectance”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 1955-57, Anchorage, Alaska, 2004.

Reagan, J. X. Wang, C. Cattrall, K. Thome, “Spaceborne lidar aerosol retrieval approaches based on aerosol model constraints”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 1940-1943, Anchorage, Alaska, 2004.

Thome, K., J. Czapla-Myers, S. Biggar, “Ground-monitor radiometer system for vicarious calibration”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5546, pp. 223-232, Denver, Colo., 2004.

Thome, K., S. Biggar, H. J. Choi, “Vicarious calibration of Terra ASTER, MISR, and MODIS”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5542, pp. 290-299, Denver, Colo., 2004.

Laurent, M., K. Thome, C. Cattrall, “MODTRAN-based retrieval of column water vapor from solar transmittance”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5546, pp. 115-125, Denver, Colo., 2004.

Scholl, J.F., K. J. Thome, E. J. Dereniak, “Normalized difference vegetation index calculations from JPEG2000 compressed Landsat-7 images”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5561, pp. 84-95, Denver, Colo., 2004.

Teillet, P. M., G. Fedosejevs, K. J. Thome, “Spectral band difference effects on radiometric cross-calibration between multiple satellite sensors in the Landsat solar-reflective spectral domain”, Proc. of Workshop on Intercomparison of Large Scale Optical and Infrared Sensors, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2004.

Teillet, P. M., G. Fedosejevs, K. J. Thome, “Spectral band difference effects on radiometric cross-calibration between multiple satellite sensors in the Landsat solar-reflective spectral domain”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5570, pp. 307-316, Maspalomas, Spain, 2004.

Thome K. J., J. Czapla-Myers, S. F. Biggar, “Vicarious calibration of Aqua and Terra MODIS”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5151, pp. 395-405, San Diego, Calif., 2003.

Cattrall, C., J. A. Reagan, K. J. Thome, “Lidar aerosol ratios at 1 and 10 microns”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5086, pp. 112-120, Orlando, Florida., 2003.

Thome, K.J., J. Czapla-Myers, S. F. Biggar, “Vicarious Calibration of Aqua and Terra MODIS”, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5151, pp 395-405, 2003.

Barnes, R. A., E.F. Zalewski, “The reflectance-based calibration of SeaWiFS”, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 4881, pp 355-368, 2003

Cattrall, C., K. J. Thome, “Exploitation of MODTRAN4 capabilities to predict at-sensor radiance”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5157, pp. 98-106, San Diego, Calif., 2003

Garland, W. C., S. F. Biggar, E. Zalewski, K. J. Thome, “Optical correction for multiple back reflections in an automated spectroradiometric measurement system”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5159, pp. 82-90., San Diego, Calif., 2003

Kneubuehler, M., M. E. Schaepman, K. J. Thome, D. R. Schlapfer, “MERIS/ENVISAT vicarious calibration over land”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5234, pp. 614-623, Barcelona, Spain, 2003.

Mavko, M., K. J. Thome, J. A. Reagan, “Compiled aerosol optical depth and extinction-to-backscatter climatology for Tucson, AZ”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 5157, pp. 13-22, San Diego, Calif., 2003

Dobler, J.T., B.M. Gentry, J.A. Reagan, “Dual Frequency Technique for Doppler Wind Lidar Measurements”, 2003.

Thome, K., “Ground-look radiometric calibration approaches for remote sensing imagers in the solar reflective”, Proc. ISPRS, Denver, 2002.

Goward, S. N., A. F. Goetz, J. R. Schott, K. J. Thome, J. R. Townshend, S. L. Ustin, C. E. Woodcock, T. Koger, J. Pearlman, R. W. Turner, “The Resource 21 Science Advisory Board: Recommendations for a global observatory to continue the Landsat mission heritage”, Proc. ISPRS, Denver, 2002.

Thome, K., R. Barnes, G. Feldman, “Intercomparison of ETM+, MODIS, and SeaWiFS using a land test site”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4881, pp. 319-326, Crete, Greece, 2002.

Rojas, F., R.A. Schowengerdt, S.F. Biggar, “Modulation transfer analysis for the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS-AM)”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4483:222-230, Jan 2002.

Fox, N. P., J. Aiken, J. J. Barnett, X. B., R. Carvell, C. Froehlich, S. B. Groom, O. Hagolle, J. D. Haigh, H. H. Kieffer, J. Lean, D. B. Pollock, T. J. Quinn, M. C. Sandford, M. E. Schaepman, K. P. Shine, W. K. Schmutz, P. M. Teillet, K. J. Thome, M. M. Verstraete, E. F. Zalewski, “Traceable radiometry underpinning terrestrial‑ and helio‑studies (TRUTHS),” Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4881, pp. 395-406, Crete, Greece, 2002.

Markham, B. L., J. L. Barker, J. A. Barsi, E. Kaita, K. J. Thome, D. L. Helder, F. D. Palluconi, J. R. Schott, P. Scaramuzza, “Landsat‑7 ETM+ radiometric stability and absolute calibration”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4881, pp. 308-318, Crete, Greece, 2002.

Thome, K., M. Kuester, J. Reagan, “Cirrus spectral optical depths retrieved from solar transmittance measurements”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Toronto, Canada, 2002.

Bryant, R., M. S. Moran, S. McElroy, C. Holifield, K. Thome, T. Miura, “Data continuity of Landsat-4 TM, Landsat-5 TM, Landsat-7 ETM, and Advanced Land Imager (ALI) sensors”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Toronto, Canada, 2002.

Anderson, N., S. Biggar, C. Burkhart, K. Thome, M. Mavko, “Bi-directional calibration results for the cleaning of Spectralon reference panels”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. Vol. 4814, Seattle, pp. 201-210, 2002.

Biggar, S. F., K. J. Thome, W. T. Wisnieski, “In-flight radiometric calibration of the Advanced Land Imager and Hyperion sensors on the EO-1 platform and comparisons with other earth observing sensor”, Proc. of SPIE Conf. Vol. 4814, Seattle, pp. 289-295, 2002.

Biggar, S.F,, K.J. Thome, J.M. Holmes, M.A. Kuester, R.A. Schowengerdt, “In-flight radiometric and spatial calibration of EO-1 optical sensors”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 2002.

Rojas, R.A. Schowengerdt, S. F. Biggar, “Error and correction for MODIS-AM’s spatial response on the NDVI and EVI science products”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4814:447-456, Sep 2002.

Czapla-Myers, J.S., K.J. Thome, S.F.Biggar, “Optical sensor package for multi-angle measurements of the surface”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4480:326-333, 2002.

Kuester, M.A., K.J. Thome, S.F. Biggar, K.S. Krause, “Solar-radiation-based calibration of an airborne radiometer for vicarious calibration of earth observing sensors”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4483:85-92, 2002.

Krause, K. S.F. Biggar, K.J. Thome, J. Eagan, D. Kenyon, “On-orbit radiometric calibration using a solar diffuser”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4483:135-145, 2002.

Teillet, P. M., K. J. Thome, N. P. Fox, J. T. Morisette, “Earth observation sensor calibration using a global instrumented and automated network of test sites (GIANTS)”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4540, Crete, Greece, pp. 246-254, 2002.

Thome, K. S. Biggar, P. Slater, “Effects of assumed solar spectral irradiance on intercomparisons of earth-observing sensors”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4540, Toulouse, France, pp. 260-269, 2001.

Reagan, J. A., K. J. Thome, D. M. Powell, “Towards establishing an aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio climatology,” Proc. A&WMA/AGU Specialty Conference on Regional Haze and Global Radiation Balance – Aerosol Measurements and Models, Bend Oregon, 2001.

Thome, K., E. Whittington, N. Smith, “Radiometric calibration of MODIS with reference to Landsat-7 ETM+”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4483, San Diego, Calif., pp. 203-210, 2001.

Czapala-Myers, J. S., K. J. Thome, S. F. Biggar, “Optical sensor package for multi-angle measurements of the surface”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4480, San Diego, Calif., pp. 326-333, 2001.

Kuester, M. A., K. J. Thome, S. F. Biggar, K. S. Krause, “Solar-radiation-based calibration of an airborne radiometer for vicarious calibration of earth observing sensors”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4483, San Diego, Calif., pp. 85-92, 2001.

Krause, K., S. Biggar, K. Thome, J. Eagen, D. Kenyon, “On-orbit radiometric calibration using a solar diffuser”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4483, San Diego, Calif., pp. 135-145, 2001.

Thome, K., N. Smith, K. Scott, “Vicarious calibration of MODIS using Railroad Valley Playa”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Syndey, Australia, 2001

Biggar, S. F., K. J. Thome, J. M. Holmes, M. A. Kuester, R. A. Schowengerdt, “In-flight radiometric and spatial calibration of EO-1 optical sensors”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Syndey, Australia, 2001

Holmes, J. M., K. J. Thome, “Comparison of modeled and measured downwelling, diffuse irradiance at a ground-reference calibration test site”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Syndey, Australia, 2001

Kuester, M., K. Thome, K. Krause, K. Canham, E. Whittington, “Comparison of surface reflectance measurements from three ASD FieldSpec FR spectroradiometers and one ASD FieldSpec VNIR Spectroradiometer”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Syndey, Australia, 2001

Markham, B. L., J. L. Barker, E. Kaita, J. A. Barsi, D. L. Helder, F. D. Palluconi, J. R. Schott, K. J. Thome, R. Morfitt, P. Scaramuzza, “Landsat-7 ETM+ radiometric calibration: Two years on-orbit”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Syndey, Australia, 2001

Reagan, J. A., K. J. Thome, D. M. Powell, “Lidar aerosol ratio: Measurements and models”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Syndey, Australia, 2001

Teillet P. M., D. L. Helder, B. L. Markham, J. L. Barker, J. R. Schott, K. J. Thome, R. Morfitt, F. D. Palluconi, “A lifetime radiometric calibration record for the Landsat Thematic Mapper”, Proc. of 23rd Canadian Symp. on Remote Sensing, pp. 1-10, Quebec City, 2001.

Thome, K., E. Whittington, M. Kuester, “Radiance validation of MASTER in the solar reflective and application to the in-flight calibration of ASTER”, Proc. of 14th International Conference and Workshops of Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, pp. 346-353, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000

Thome, K., P. Nandy, “Accuracy of ground-reference calibration of imaging spectroradiometers at large view angles”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4132, , pp. 260-268, San Diego, Calif., 2000.

Ding, X., E.F. Zalewski, S. F. Biggar, “Radiance stabilization of a calibration sphere using two spectral bands”, Proc. SPIE Conf Vol. 4135, pp 88-95, San Diego, California, 2000.

Rojas, F., R. Schowengerdt, S. Braga, S. Biggar, “Spatial Analysis of the MODIS PFM Channel Alignment and Far-Field Response using Pre-Resistor Fix Data”, Proc. SPIE Conf Vol. 4135, pp 60-70, San Diego, California, 2000.

Braga, A.B., R.A. Schowengerdt, F. Rojas, S. Biggar, “Calibration of the MODIS PFM SRCA for On-orbit, Cross-track MTF Measurement”, Proc. SPIE Conf Vol. 4135, pp 71-79, San Diego, California, 2000.

Thome, K., E. Whittington, N. Smith, P. Nandy, E. Zalewski, “Ground-reference technique for the absolute calibration of MODIS”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4135, , pp. 51-59, San Diego, Calif., 2000.

Whittington, E. E., K. J. Thome, R. A. Barnes, K. A. Canham, “Radiometric calibration of the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor using ground-reference techniques”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4135, , pp. 294-301, San Diego, Calif., 2000.

Nandy, P., K.J. Thome, S. F. Biggar, “Sensitivity analysis of a CCD-base camera system for the retrieval of bidirectional reflectance distribution function for vicarious calibration”, Proc. SPIE Vol., 4132:279-289, Nov 2000.

Thome, K., E. Whittington, J. LaMarr, N. Anderson, P. Nandy, “Early ground-reference calibration results for Landsat-7 ETM+ using small test sites”, Proc. SPIE Conf. Vol. 4049, , pp. 134-142, Orlando, Florida, 2000.

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Conference Papers (2000–2009)