HR: 0830h
AN: A21A-03    [Abstracts]
TI: MISR BRF measurements for various surface types: Intercomparison with coincident airborne and ground measurements.
AU: * Abdou, W A
EM: Wedad.Abdou@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Helmlinger, M
EM: Mark.Helmlinger@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Jovanovic, V M
EM: Veljko.Jovanovic@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Martonchik, J V
EM: John.Martonchik@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Diner, D J
EM: David.Diner@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Gatebe, C K
EM:
AF: NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: King, M D
EM:
AF: NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: The BRF retrieved by the multiangle Imaging spectroRadimeter (MISR) are compared with those coincidently measured from aircraft, by the Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) and MISR airborne simulator (AirMISR), and on the ground, by the Portable Apparatus for Rabid Acquisition of Bidirectional Observations of Land and Atmosphere (PARABOLA III). The intercomparisons are made for five types of surfaces: bright desert, salt pans, dark grassland, forests and dismal swamps. The results show that MISR BRF values are within +/- 10% in agreement with the corresponding airborne and ground measurements, independent of the surface type. This study is part of an effort to validate MISR surface products.
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
DE: 1640 Remote sensing
DE: 1694 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly