Selected SCP Team Publications

H. Stephen and D.G. Long, "Spatial and Temporal Behavior of Microwave Backscatter Directional Modulation Over the Saharan Ergs," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 1164-1173, 2007

J. Haarpainter and G. Spreen, "Use of Enhanced-Resolution QuikSCAT/SeaWinds Data for Operational Ice Services and Climate Research: Sea Ice Edge, Type, Concentration, and Drift", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 3131-3137, 2007.

I.S. Ashcraft and D.G. Long, "Comparison of Methods for Melt Detection over Greenland using Active and Passive Microwave Measurements," International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 27, No. 12, pp. 2569-2488, 2006.

C. Nie and D.G. Long, "A C-band Wind/Rain Backscatter Model," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, No. 3, 621-631, 2007.

H. Stephen and D.G. Long, "Spatial and Temporal Behavior of Microwave Backscatter Directional Modulation Over the Saharan Ergs," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 1164-1173, 2007.

S. Frolking, T. Milliman, K. McDonald, J. Kimball, M. Zhao, M. Fahnestock, "Evaluation of the SeaWinds Scatterometer for Regional Monitoring of Vegetation Phenology," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, D17302, doi: 10.29/2005JD006588, 2006.

I.S. Ashcraft and D.G. Long, "Relating Microwave Backscatter Azimuth Modulation to Surface Properties of the Greenland Ice Sheet," Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 52, No. 177, pp. 257-266, 2006.

J.R. Allen and D.G. Long, "Microwave Observations of Daily Antarctic Sea-Ice Edge Expansion and Contraction Rates," Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 54-58, 2006.

J. Haarpaintner, "Arctic-Wide Operational Sea Ice Drift From Enhanced-Resolution QuikSCAT/SeaWinds Scatterometry and Its Validation," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 102-107, 2006.

H. Stephen and D.G. Long, "Modeling Microwave Emissions of Erg Surfaces in the Sahara Desert," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 12, pp. 2822-2830, 2005.

I.S. Ashcraft and D.G. Long, "Differentiation Between Melt and Freeze Stages of the Melt Cycle Using SSM/I Channel Ratios," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 1317-1323, 2005.

L.B. Kunz and D.G. Long, "Calibrating SeaWinds and QuikSCAT Scatterometers Using Natural Land Targets," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 182-181, 2005.

H.S. Anderson and D.G. Long, "Sea Ice Mapping Method for SeaWinds," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 647-657, 2005.

I.S. Ashcraft and D.G. Long, "Observation and Characterization of Radar Backscatter over Greenland," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp 237-246, 2005.

H. Stephen and D.G. Long, "Microwave Backscatter Modeling of Erg Surfaces in the Sahara Desert," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 238-247, 2005.

D.G. Long, M.W. Spencer, and E.G. Njoku, "Spatial Resolution and Processing Tradeoffs for HYDROS: Application of Reconstruction and Resolution Enhancement Techniques," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 3-12, 2005.

J. Etcheto, E.Dinnat, J. Boutin, A. Camps, J. Miller, S. Contardo, J. Wesson, J.Font, and D.G. Long, "Wind Speed Effect on L-band Brightness Temperature Inferred from EuroSTARRS and WISE 2001 Field Experiments," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 2206-2213, 2004.

J. Haarpainter, R.T. Tonboe, D.G. Long and M. L. VanWoert, "Automatic Detection and Validity of the Sea Ice Edge: An Application of Enhanced Resolution QuikScat/SeaWinds Data," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 1433-1443, 2004.

P.K. Yoho and D.G. Long, "Correlation and Covariance of Satellite Scatterometer Measurements," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 1176-1187, 2004.

Q.P. Remund and D.G. Long, "Large-scale Inverse Ku-band Backscatter Modeling of Sea Ice," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 1821-1832, 2003.

D.W. Draper and D.G. Long, “Evaluating the Effect of Rain on SeaWinds Scatterometer Measurements,” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, No. C02005, doi:10.1029/2002JC001741, 2004.

P.K. Yoho and D.G. Long, “An Improved Simulation Model for Spaceborne Scatterometer Measurements,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 2692-2695, 2003.

D.W. Draper and D.G. Long, “An Advanced Ambiguity Selection Algorithm for SeaWinds,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 538-547, 2003.

M.W. Spencer, W-Y Tsai, and D.G. Long, “High Resolution Measurements with a Spaceborne Pencil-Beam Scatterometer Using Combined Range/Doppler Discrimination Techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 567-581, 2003.

D.W. Draper and D.G. Long, “An Assessment of SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Wind Retrieval,” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 107, No. C12, pp. 3212-3226, Dec. 2002.

Q.P. Remund and D.G. Long, "Large-scale Inverse Ku-band Backscatter Modeling of Sea Ice," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 1821-1832, 2003.

I.S. Ashcraft and D.G. Long, "The Spatial Response Function of SeaWinds Backscatter Measurements," in Earth Observing Systems VIII, W.L. Barnes, ed., Proceedings SPIE Vol. 5151, 3-6 Aug. 2003. (1.1 MB pdf)

D.G. Long and J.B. Luke, "High Resolution Wind Retrieval for SeaWinds," in Ocean Remote Sensing and Imaging II, R.J. Frouin, ed., Proceedings SPIE Vol. 5155, 5-6 Aug. 2003.

D.G. Long, "Reconstruction and Resolution Enhancement Techniques for Microwave Sensors," in C.H. Chen, Frontiers of Remote Sensing Information Processing, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2003.

M.W. Spencer, W-Y Tsai, and D.G. Long, "High Resolution Measurements with a Spaceborne Pencil-Beam Scatterometer Using Combined Range/Doppler Discrimination Techniques," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 567-581, 2003.

D.W. Draper and D.G. Long, "An Assessment of SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Wind Retrieval," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 107, No. C12, pp. 3212-3226, Dec. 2002.

D.G. Long, Jarom Ballantyne, and C. Bertoia, "Is the Number of Icebergs Really Increasing?" EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 83, No. 42, pp 469 & 474, 15 Oct. 2002. (620 kB pdf)

Y. Zhao, A.K. Liu, and D.G. Long, "Validation of Sea Ice Motion from QuikSCAT with Those from SSM/I and Buoy," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 1241-1246, 2002.

D.G. Long, M.R. Drinkwater, B. Holt, S. Saatchi, and C. Bertoia, "Global Ice and Land Climate Studies Using Scatterometer Image Data," EOS, Transaction of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 82, No. 43, pg. 503, 23 Oct. 2001. Includes EOS Electronic Supplement: http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/010126e.html (A summary white paper with both the paper and eletronic paper is available as a 4MB pdf file)

R.R. Forster, D.G. Long, K.C. Jezek, S.D. Drobot, and M.R. Anderson, "The Onset of Arctic Sea-Ice Snowmelt as Detected with Passive- and Active-microwave Remote Sensing," Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 33, pp. 85-93, 2001.

M.R. Drinkwater, D.G. Long, and A.W. Bingham, "Greenland Snow Accumulation Estimates from Scatterometer Data," Journal of Geophysical Research, PARCA Special Issue, Vol. 106, No. D24, pp. 33935-33950, 2001.

D.S. Early and D.G. Long, "Image Reconstruction and Enhanced Resolution Imaging from Irregular Samples," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 291-302, 2001. (332 kB pdf)

Q.P. Remund, D.G. Long, and M.R. Drinkwater, "An Iterative Approach to Multisensor Sea Ice Classification," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 1843-1856, 2000.

D.G. Long and M.R. Drinkwater, "Azimuth Variation in Microwave Scatterometer and Radiometer Data Over Antarctica," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 1857-1870, 2000.

J. Zec, W.L. Jones, and D.G. Long, "NSCAT Normalized Radar Backscattering Coefficient Biases Using Homogenous Land Targets," J. Geophys. Res., 184, C5, 11557-11568, 1999.

Q.P. Remund and D.G. Long, "Sea Ice Extent Mapping Using Ku-Band Scatterometer Data," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. C5, pp. 11515-11527, 1999.

D.G. Long and M.R. Drinkwater, "Cryosphere Applications of NSCAT Data," IEEE Transactions Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 1671-1684, 1999.

W-Y Tsai, J.E. Graf, C. Winn, J.N. Huddleston, S. Dunbar, M.H. Freilich, F.J. Wentz, D.G. Long, and W.L. Jones, "Post-launch Sensor Verification and Calibration of the NASA Scatterometer," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 1517-1542, 1999.

D.G. Long, and D.L. Daum, "Spatial Resolution Enhancement of SSM/I Data," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 407-417, 1998.

D.P. Winebrenner, D. G. Long, and B. Holt, "Automatable Observation of Seasonal Transitions on Arctic Sea Ice Using Synthetic Aperture Radar," in C. Tsatsoulis and R. Kwok (eds), Recent Advances in the Analysis of SAR for Studies in the Polar Oceans, Springer-Verlager, pgs. 129-144, 1998.

M.R. Drinkwater, "Satellite Microwave Radar Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice," in C. Tsatsoulis and R. Kwok (eds), Recent Advances in the Analysis of SAR for Studies in the Polar Oceans, Springer-Verlager, pgs. 145-188, 1998.

M.R. Drinkwater and V.I. Lytle, "ERS-1 SAR and Field-Observed Characteristics of Austral Fall Freeze-up in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica," J. Geophys. Res., 102 (C6), 12593-12608, 1997.

R.. Massom, M.R. Drinkwater, and C. Haas, "Winter Snowcover on Sea Ice in the Weddell Sea," J. Geophys. Res., 102 (C1), 1101-1117, 1997.

D. S. Early and D.G. Long, "Azimuth Modulation of C-band Scatterometer Sigma-0 Over Southern Ocean Sea Ice," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 1201-1209, Sept. 1997.

D.G. Long and G.B. Skouson, "Calibration of Spaceborne Scatterometers Using Tropical Rainforests," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 413-424, Mar. 1996.

P. J. Hardin and D. G. Long, "Integrating Reconstructed Scatterometer and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Data for Tropical Forest Inventory," Optical Engineering, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 3146-3153, Nov. 1995.

D. G. Long and M.R. Drinkwater, "Greenland Observed at High Resolution by the Seasat-A Scatterometer," Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 213-230, 1994.

D. G. Long and P. Hardin, "Vegetation Studies of the Amazon Basin Using Enhanced Resolution Seasat Scatterometer Data," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 449-460, Mar. 1994.

M. R. Drinkwater, D. G. Long, and D.S. Early, "Enhanced Resolution ERS-1 Scatterometer Imaging of Southern Ocean Sea Ice," ESA Journal, Vol. 17, pp. 307-322, 1994.

M. R. Drinkwater, D. G. Long, and D.S. Early, "Enhanced Resolution ERS-1 Scatterometer Imaging of Antarctic Ice," Earth Observation Quarterly, No. 43, pp. 4-6, 1994.