Advances in Space Research

Preface
pp. 1-1(1)
Author: Tsuchiya K.

Inter-calibration of meteorological satellite sensors in the visible and near-infrared
pp. 3-10(8)
Authors: Nagaraja Rao C.R.; Zhang N.; Sullivan J.T.

A reflectance based vicarious calibration with on-site instruments monitoring
pp. 11-20(10)
Author: Arai K.

Operational vicarious calibration of the MSG/SEVIRI solar channels
pp. 21-30(10)
Authors: Govaerts Y.M.; Arriaga A.; Schmetz J.

Calibration of the AATSR instrument
pp. 31-39(9)
Authors: Smith D.L.; Delderfield J.; Drummond D.; Edwards T.; Mutlow C.T.; Read P.D.; Toplis G.M.

Cross-calibration of ADEOS/OCTS and POLDER and the influence on aerosol retrieval
pp. 41-48(8)
Authors: Mukai S.; Okada Y.; Sano I.

Calibration of HRVIR and vegetation cameras on SPOT4
pp. 49-58(10)
Authors: Henry P.; Meygret A.

Nist role in radiometric calibrations for remote sensing programs at NASA, NOAA, DOE and DOD
pp. 59-68(10)
Authors: Parr A.C.; Datla R.U.

Aster early image evaluation
pp. 69-76(8)
Authors: Yamaguchi Y.; Fujisada H.; Tsu H.; Sato I.; Watanabe H.; Kato M.; Kudoh M.; Kahle A.B.; Pniel M.

Early results from the vicarious calibration of Terra/ASTER/SWIR
pp. 77-82(6)
Author: Arai K.

Geophysical validation of envisat data products
pp. 83-91(9)
Authors: Wehr T.; Attema E.

Round robin test of Global Imager(GLI) to be onboard ADEOS-II satellite
pp. 93-98(6)
Author: Arai K.

RADARSAT-1 image quality and calibration - a continuing success
pp. 99-108(10)
Authors: Srivastava S.K.; Hawkins R.K.; Banik B.T.; Adamovic M.; Gray R.; Murnaghan K.; Lukowski T.I.; Jefferies W.C.

Calibration of an airborne X-band interferomettic SAR system with fine DEM
pp. 109-116(8)
Author: Ohkura H.

Calibration, monitoring and validation of AMSU-B
pp. 117-126(10)
Author: Atkinson N.C.

Alos mission requirement and sensor specifications
pp. 127-131(5)
Author: Igarashi T.

On-orbit calibration of an ocean color sensor with an underflight of the airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer (AVIRIS)
pp. 133-142(10)
Authors: Green R.O.; Pavri B.; Boardman J.

Ground validation of radar reflectivity and rain rate retrieved by the TRMM precipitation radar
pp. 143-148(6)
Authors: Shimizu S.; Oki R.; Igarashi T.

Evolution of long-term errors in NDVI time series: 1985-1999
pp. 149-153(5)
Authors: Kogan F.N.; Zhu X.

Application of ERS-2/SAR data for the 1999 Taiwan earthquake
pp. 155-163(9)
Authors: Suga Y.; Takeuchi S.; Oguro Y.; Chen A.J.; Ogawa M.; Konishi T.; Yonezawa C.

Interpretation of satellite-derived sea surface temperatures
pp. 165-170(6)
Author: Barton I.J.

Inferring the roughness of desert rocky surfaces from their bidirectional reflectance data
pp. 171-176(6)
Authors: Karnieli A.; Cierniewski J.

Atmospheric correction for the ASTER visible data on Terra satellite
pp. 177-182(6)
Authors: Takashima T.; Masuda K.; Sano I.; Mukai S.

Relationship among vegetation variables and vegetation features of arid lands derived from satellite data
pp. 183-188(6)
Authors: Ishiyama T.; Tanaka S.; Uchida K.; Fujikawa S.; Yamashita Y.; Kato M.

Characterization of red-near infrared transition for wheat and chickpea using 3 nm bandwidth data
pp. 189-194(6)
Authors: Gupta R.K.; Vijayan D.; Prasad T.S.

Comparison of SAR and optical sensor data for monitoring of rice plant around Hiroshima
pp. 195-200(6)
Authors: Oguro Y.; Suga Y.; Takeuchi S.; Ogawa M.; Konishi T.; Tsuchiya K.

New hyperspectral vegetation characterization parameters
pp. 201-206(6)
Authors: Gupta R.K.; Vijayan D.; Prasad T.S.

Climate monitoring from operational satellites: accomplishments, problems, and prospects
pp. 207-219(13)
Authors: Ohring G.; Gruber A.

Small satellites EMC study
pp. 221-225(5)
Authors: Korepanov V.; Dudkin F.; Melnik O.; Pajunpaa K.

GPS: Statistical models to reproduce the pseudoranges in different scenarios and their reliability evaluation
pp. 227-232(6)
Authors: Barros M.S.S.; Rosa L.C.L.; Walter F.; Mendez D.

The exciting and totally unanticipated success of the AVHRR in applications for which it was never intended
pp. 233-240(8)
Author: Cracknell A.P.

Requirements on optical sensors for quantitative definition of surface parameters multispectral - hyperspectral
pp. 241-250(10)
Author: Bodechtel J.

Author index
pp. 251-252(2)