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Barbara Gaitley

Education
  • B. A., Mathematics, California State University, Northridge (1974)
  • M. S., Mathematics, California State University, Northridge (1978)

Research Interests
  • Aerosol properties involving MISR data and ground based systems
  • MISR overpasses over interesting scenes

Projects

MISR Icon MISR
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument provides a unique opportunity for studying the environment and climate of Earth through the acquisition of global multiangle imagery on the daylit side of Earth.


Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calibration/Validation Analyst (1995 - Present)
  • XonTech, Inc. (1987 - 1995)
  • Pacific-Sierra Research Corp. (1978 - 1987)
  • California State University, Northridge (1975 - 1978)

Selected Awards
  • NASA Space Act Award (2005) "MISR in-flight radiometric calibration process"
  • JPL Bonus Award for L2AS product validation
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for the Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Team (2001)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Team (2001)
  • NASA Award for the radiometric calibration process for MISR (2001)

Selected Publications
  1. Kahn, Ralph A., Barbara J. Gaitley, John V. Martonchik, David J. Diner, Kathleen Crean, Brent Holben (2004). MISR Global Aerosol Optical Depth Validation Based on Two Years of Coincident AERONET Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, submitted.
  2. Kahn, Ralph, Wen-Hao Li, John V. Martonchik, Carol J. Bruegge, David J. Diner, Barbara J. Gaitley, Wedad Abdou, Oleg Dubovik, Brent Holben, Alexander Smirnov, Zhonghai Jin and Dennis Clark (2004). MISR Low-Light-Level Calibration, and Implications for Aerosol Retrieval Over Dark Water. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, submitted.
  3. Abdou, W.A., D.J.Diner, J.V.Martonchik, C.J. Bruegge, R.A. Kahn, B.J. Gaitley, K.A. Crean, L.A. Remer and B. Holben (2004). Comparison of MISR and MODIS aerosol optical depths over land and ocean scenes containing AERONET sites. J. Geophys. Res, submitted.
  4. Bruegge, C.J., W. Abdou, D.J. Diner, B.J. Gaitley, M. Helmlinger, R.A. Kahn, and J.V. Martonchik (2004). Validating the MISR radiometric scale for the ocean aerosol science communities. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Radiometric and Geomatic Calibration, December 2-5, 2003, Gulfport, Mississippi, A.A. balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  5. Martonchik, J.V., D.J. Diner, R. Kahn, B. Gaitley and B. Holben (2004). Comparison of MISR and AERONET aerosol optical depths over desert sites. Geophys. Res. Lett, submitted.
  6. Abdou, W.A., Bruegge, C.J., Helmlinger, M.C., Conel, J.E., Pilorz, S.H., Ledeboer, W.C., Gaitley, B.J. and K.J. Thome (2002).Vicarious calibration experiment in support of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), 1500-1511, July 2002.
  7. Diner, D.J. W.A. Abdou, J.E. Conel, K.A. Crean, B.J. Gaitley, M.Helmlinger, R.A. Kahn, J.V. Martonchik, and S.H. Pilorz (2001). MISR aerosol retrievals over southern Africa during the SAFARI-2000 dry season campaign, Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3127-3130.
  8. Chrien, N.L., C.J. Bruegge, B.J. Gaitley (2001). AirMISR laboratory calibration and in-flight performance results. Remote Sensing of Environment 76, 328-337.
  9. Abdou, W.A., Conel, J.E., Pilorz, S.H., Helmlinger, M.C., Bruegge, C.J., Gaitley, B.J., Ledeboer, W.C., and J.V. Martonchik. (2001). Vicarious calibration - A reflectance-based experiment with AirMISR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 77, 338-353.
  10. Abdou, Wedad A., Mark C. Helmlinger, James E. Conel, Stu Pilorz, Carol J. Bruegge, Barbara J. Gaitley, and John V. Martonchik (2000). Ground measurements of surface bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) and hemispherical directional reflectance factor (HDRF) using the portable Apparatus for Rapid Acquisition of Bidirectional observation of the land and atmosphere (PARABOLA III). J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,967 - 11,976.
  11. Bruegge, Carol J., Mark C. Helmlinger, James E. Conel, Barbara J. Gaitley, Wedad A Abdou (2000). PARABOLA III: a sphere-scanning radiometer for field determination of surface anisotropic reflectance functions. Remote Sensing Reviews, 19, 75-94

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