Dr. Michele A. Kuester Profile

Dr. Michele A. Kuester

Sr Staff Engineer at Maxar Technologies

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 14 September 2011 Paper

NEON ground validation capabilities for airborne and space-based imagers

Joel McCorkel, Michele Kuester, Brian Johnson, Thomas Kampe

Proceedings Volume 8153, 81530Z (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894370

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Neon, Reflectivity, Calibration, Spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Atmospheric modeling, Aerosols, Vegetation, Earth observing sensors

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Proceedings Article | 7 September 2011 Paper

Early algorithm development efforts for the National Ecological Observatory Network Airborne Observation Platform imaging spectrometer and waveform lidar instruments

Keith Krause, Michele Kuester, Brian Johnson, Joel McCorkel, Thomas Kampe

Proceedings Volume 8158, 81580D (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894178

KEYWORDS: Neon, LIDAR, Algorithm development, Spectroscopy, Vegetation, Prototyping, Reflectivity, Observatories, Spatial resolution, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 12 August 2010 Paper

Advances in airborne remote sensing of ecosystem processes and properties: toward high-quality measurement on a global scale

Thomas Kampe, Gregory Asner, Robert Green, Michael Eastwood, Brian Johnson, Michele Kuester

Proceedings Volume 7809, 78090J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859455

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Neon, Ecosystems, Airborne remote sensing, Sensors, Vegetation, Ecology, Imaging systems, LIDAR, Chemical species

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Proceedings Article | 12 August 2010 Paper

Development of airborne remote sensing instrumentations for NEON

Brian Johnson, Thomas Kampe, Michele Kuester

Proceedings Volume 7809, 78090I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860182

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Neon, LIDAR, Sensors, Vegetation, Airborne remote sensing, Ecosystems, Remote sensing, Imaging systems, Signal to noise ratio

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 March 2010 Open Access

NEON: the first continental-scale ecological observatory with airborne remote sensing of vegetation canopy biochemistry and structure

Thomas Kampe, Brian Johnson, Michele Kuester, Michael Keller

JARS, Vol. 4, Issue 01, 043510, (March 2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3361375

KEYWORDS: Neon, Spectroscopy, Calibration, Sensors, Vegetation, LIDAR, Ecosystems, Remote sensing, Observatories, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 21 August 2009 Paper

NEON: the first continental-scale ecological observatory with airborne remote sensing of vegetation canopy biochemistry and structure

Brian Johnson, Thomas Kampe, Michele Kuester, Michael Keller

Proceedings Volume 7454, 745402 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.825697

KEYWORDS: Neon, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Vegetation, LIDAR, Calibration, Remote sensing, Climatology, Satellites, Ecosystems

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2008 Paper

Development of a heliostat facility for solar-radiation-based calibration of earth observing sensors

Michele Kuester, Jeffrey Czapla-Myers, Paul Kaptchen, William Good, Tony Lin, Raymund To, Stuart Biggar, Kurtis Thome

Proceedings Volume 7081, 708119 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794228

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Calibration, Sun, Relays, Earth observing sensors, Aerospace engineering, Diffusers, Polarization, Coating, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2008 Paper

Accuracy assessment for the radiometric calibration of imaging sensors using preflight techniques relying on the sun as a source

K. Thome, J. Czapla-Myers, M. Kuester, N. Anderson

Proceedings Volume 7081, 708118 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795681

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Sun, Radiometry, Diffusers, Transmittance, Sensor calibration, Atmospheric optics, Aerosols, Standards development

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2007 Paper

Airborne prototype instrument suite test flight of a low-light high-dynamic range imager and visible spectrometer

Michele Kuester, James Lasnik, Tanya Ramond, Tony Lin, Brian Johnson, Paul Kaptchen, William Good

Proceedings Volume 6677, 667710 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.730522

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Sensors, Reflectivity, Low light imagers, Visible radiation, Aerospace engineering, Prototyping, High dynamic range imaging, Imaging systems, Remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 7 September 2006 Paper

Radiometric calibration of Advanced Land Imager using reflectance-based results between 2001 and 2005

J. McCorkel, K. Thome, S. Biggar, M. Kuester

Proceedings Volume 6296, 62960G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679892

KEYWORDS: Alternate lighting of surfaces, Sensors, Calibration, Landsat, Reflectivity, Remote sensing, Satellites, Imaging systems, Atmospheric sensing, Earth observing sensors

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