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Remote Sensing, Volume 11, Issue 22

November-2 2019 - 124 articles

Cover Story: In this study, we developed land surface directional reflectance and albedo products from GOES-R ABI data using an optimization-based algorithm, which was also tested with data from the Himawari AHI. The surface anisotropy model parameters and aerosol optical depth were estimated simultaneously, and then surface albedo and reflectance were calculated. Validations against ground measurements and some existing satellite products showed good agreement, with bias values of −0.001 (ABI) and 0.020 (AHI) and RMSEs less than 0.065 for the hourly albedo estimation, and with RMSEs less than 0.042 (ABI) and 0.039 (AHI) for the hourly reflectance estimation. In conclusion, the proposed albedo and reflectance estimation can satisfy the NOAA accuracy requirements for operational climate and meteorological applications. View this paper.
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Articles (124)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,166 Views
25 Pages

Victim Localization in USAR Scenario Exploiting Multi-Layer Mapping Structure

  • Abdulrahman Goian,
  • Reem Ashour,
  • Ubaid Ahmad,
  • Tarek Taha,
  • Nawaf Almoosa and
  • Lakmal Seneviratne

19 November 2019

Urban search and rescue missions require rapid intervention to locate victims and survivors in the affected environments. To facilitate this activity, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been recently used to explore the environment and locate possi...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,505 Views
10 Pages

19 November 2019

Understanding the optimal wavelength for detecting the water column profile from a light detection and ranging (lidar) system is important in the design of oceanographic lidar systems. In this research, the optimal wavelength for detecting the water...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
11,442 Views
20 Pages

Assessment of Portable Chlorophyll Meters for Measuring Crop Leaf Chlorophyll Concentration

  • Taifeng Dong,
  • Jiali Shang,
  • Jing M. Chen,
  • Jiangui Liu,
  • Budong Qian,
  • Baoluo Ma,
  • Malcolm J. Morrison,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Yupeng Liu and
  • Yichao Shi
  • + 2 authors

19 November 2019

Accurate measurement of leaf chlorophyll concentration (LChl) in the field using a portable chlorophyll meter (PCM) is crucial to support methodology development for mapping the spatiotemporal variability of crop nitrogen status using remote sensing....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,316 Views
19 Pages

Analysis of Parameters for the Accurate and Fast Estimation of Tree Diameter at Breast Height Based on Simulated Point Cloud

  • Pei Wang,
  • Xiaozheng Gan,
  • Qing Zhang,
  • Guochao Bu,
  • Li Li,
  • Xiuxian Xu,
  • Yaxin Li,
  • Zichu Liu and
  • Xiangming Xiao

19 November 2019

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a high-potential technology in forest surveys. Estimating the diameters at breast height (DBH) accurately and quickly has been considered a key step in estimating forest structural parameters by using TLS technolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,643 Views
17 Pages

Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates in the Lower Mekong River Basin (Southeast Asia)

  • Chelsea Dandridge,
  • Venkat Lakshmi,
  • John Bolten and
  • Raghavan Srinivasan

19 November 2019

Satellite-based precipitation is an essential tool for regional water resource applications that requires frequent observations of meteorological forcing, particularly in areas that have sparse rain gauge networks. To fully realize the utility of rem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,540 Views
13 Pages

Annual Green Water Resources and Vegetation Resilience Indicators: Definitions, Mutual Relationships, and Future Climate Projections

  • Matteo Zampieri,
  • Bruna Grizzetti,
  • Michele Meroni,
  • Enrico Scoccimarro,
  • Anton Vrieling,
  • Gustavo Naumann and
  • Andrea Toreti

19 November 2019

Satellites offer a privileged view on terrestrial ecosystems and a unique possibility to evaluate their status, their resilience and the reliability of the services they provide. In this study, we introduce two indicators for estimating the resilienc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,137 Views
18 Pages

Denoising Algorithm for the FY-4A GIIRS Based on Principal Component Analysis

  • Sihui Fan,
  • Wei Han,
  • Zhiqiu Gao,
  • Ruoying Yin and
  • Yu Zheng

19 November 2019

The Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS) is the first high-spectral resolution advanced infrared (IR) sounder onboard the new-generation Chinese geostationary meteorological satellite FengYun-4A (FY-4A). The GIIRS has 1650 channels,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,328 Views
22 Pages

Identifying Linear Traces of the Han Dynasty Great Wall in Dunhuang Using Gaofen-1 Satellite Remote Sensing Imagery and the Hough Transform

  • Lei Luo,
  • Nabil Bachagha,
  • Ya Yao,
  • Chuansheng Liu,
  • Pilong Shi,
  • Lanwei Zhu,
  • Jie Shao and
  • Xinyuan Wang

19 November 2019

The Han Dynasty Great Wall (GH), one of the largest and most significant ancient defense projects in the whole of northern China, has been studied increasingly not only because it provides important information about the diplomatic and military strat...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,207 Views
18 Pages

Lunar Calibration for ASTER VNIR and TIR with Observations of the Moon in 2003 and 2017

  • Toru Kouyama,
  • Soushi Kato,
  • Masakuni Kikuchi,
  • Fumihiro Sakuma,
  • Akira Miura,
  • Tetsushi Tachikawa,
  • Satoshi Tsuchida,
  • Kenta Obata and
  • Ryosuke Nakamura

19 November 2019

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), which is a multiband pushbroom sensor suite onboard Terra, has successfully provided valuable multiband images for approximately 20 years since Terra’s launch in 1999....

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,550 Views
14 Pages

19 November 2019

Midwave infrared (MWIR) band of 3.75 μm is important in satellite remote sensing in many applications. This band observes daytime reflectance and nighttime radiance according to the Earth’s and the Sun’s effects. This study presents an...

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Remote Sens. - ISSN 2072-4292