Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing

Dr. Nicholas Nalli received his B.S and M.S. degrees in Education from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was awarded a four-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, which he completed onsite at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR as a Visiting Scientist. Dr. Nalli is currently a Senior Research Scientist (onsite contractor) at STAR, where he performs applied and basic research. His primary research specialty is in environmental satellite remote sensing, radiative transfer and validation, with a focus on oceanic and atmospheric applications. Other research interests include atmospheric aerosols, air-sea interactions, boundary layer and marine meteorology, oceanographic intensive field campaigns, forensic science, and global climate change applications. He is also interested and active in science education and public outreach.

1. Introduction: Field Measurements and Remote Sensing

Part I: Instrumentation 2. Balloon-Borne Radiosondes 3. Frost Point Hygrometers 4. Ozonesondes 5. Oceanographic buoys: providing ocean data to assess the accuracy of variables derived from satellite measurements 6. Surface-Based Thermal Infrared Spectrometers 7. Sun photometers 8. AirCore

Part II: Intensive Campaigns 9. High-Altitude Aircraft Radiometric Calibration-Validation Campaigns 10. Aircraft Dropsonde Campaigns 11. Ship-Based Cal/Val Campaigns 12. Land-Based Cal/Val Campaigns 13. Aircraft Vertical Profile Measurements for Evaluation of Satellite Retrievals of Long-Lived Trace Gases 14. Campaign Situational Awareness from Satellite Data

Part III: Satellite Applications 15. On-Orbit VIIRS Sensor Calibration and Validation in Reflective Solar Bands (RSB) 16. NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS) 17. Satellite Microwave Sounder Product Retrieval Validation 18. Considerations for Satellite Infrared Sounder Applications 19. Sea Surface Temperature Validation and Blended Analysis 20. Satellite Ocean Color Validation 21. Land Surface Temperature Validation 22. Heterogeneity of Smoke from Fires: Evaluation of VIIRS Smoke Detection Using FIREX-AQ Field Campaign Data 23. Downburst Monitoring and Prediction Studies