NASA MEaSUREs Research Project: EASE-Grid 2.0 TB ESDR

An improved, enhanced-resolution, gridded passive microwave ESDR for monitoring cryospheric and hydrologic time series

Related Publications

Articles & Reports

Brodzik, M. J., B. Billingsley, T. Haran, B. Raup, M. H. Savoie. 2012. EASE-Grid 2.0: Incremental but Significant Improvements for Earth-Gridded Data Sets. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 1(1):32-45.

Brodzik, M. J., B. Billingsley, T. Haran, B. Raup, M. H. Savoie. 2014. Correction: Brodzik, M.J., et al. EASE-Grid 2.0: Incremental but Significant Improvements for Earth-Gridded Data Sets. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2012, 1, 32-45. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 3(3):1154-1156.

Brodzik, M. J. and K. W. Knowles. 2002. “EASE-Grid: a versatile set of equal-area projections and grids” in M. Goodchild (Ed.) Discrete Global Grids.  Santa Barbara, CA, USA: National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis.

Brodzik, M. J., M. A. Hardman and D. G. Long. 2017. Leveraging Metadata Conventions to Improve Usability of an EASE-Grid 2.0 Passive Microwave Data Product. 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Fort Worth, TX, 5197-5200. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8128172.

Brodzik, M. J. and D. G. Long.  2018. Calibrated Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR (CETB) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, v1.0. NSIDC MEaSUREs Project White Paper.  NSIDC.  Boulder, CO, USA. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7958456.

Brodzik, M. J., D. G. Long and M. A. Hardman.  2020. SMAP Twice-Daily rSIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperatures Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Version 1. SUSMAP Project White Paper.  NSIDC.  Boulder, CO. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8018955.

Early, D. S. and D. G. Long. 2001. Image reconstruction and enhanced resolution imaging from irregular samplesIEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 39(2):291-302. doi: 10.1109/36.905237.

Eddy, H. E. and D. G. Long. 2021. Brightness Temperature Comparison of Enhanced Resolution SSMIS Images Created from CSU ICDR V1 and GPM L1C V5 Files. NSIDC MEaSUREs Project White Paper. NSIDC. Boulder, CO. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8034986.

Gunn B. 2007. Temporal resolution enhancement for AMSR images. BYU internal report MERS 07-002.

Gunn B. A. and D. G. Long. 2008. Spatial resolution enhancement of AMSR Tb images based on measurement local time of day, Proceedings IGARSS’08, 4 pp., Boston, MA, 6-11 Jul. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780020.

Johnson, M. T., J. M. Ramage, T. Troy and M. J. Brodzik. 2020. Snowmelt detection with Calibrated, Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperatures (CETB) in Colorado watersheds. Water Resources Research, 56:e2018WR024542. doi: 10.1029/2018WR024542.

Long, D. G. 2015. An Investigation of Antenna Patterns for the CETB.  NSIDC MEaSUREs Project White Paper.  NSIDC.  Boulder, CO, USA. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7959217.

Long, D. G. 2015. Illustration of SIR for CETB. NSIDC MEaSUREs Project White Paper.  NSIDC.  Boulder, CO. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8035011

Long, D. G. 2015. Implementation of BG.  NSIDC MEaSUREs Project White Paper.  NSIDC.  Boulder, CO. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8035029.

Long, D. G. 2015. Selection of Reconstruction Parameters.  NSIDC MEaSUREs Project White Paper.  NSIDC.  Boulder, CO. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8035057.

Long, D. G. 2021. A Comparison in the Effective Resolution of Enhanced Resolution Images Created from CSU FCDR and GPM L1C Files. NSIDC Special Report 22. National Snow and Ice Data Center. Boulder, CO.

Long, D. G. 2021. Discrete Band-Limited Signal Reconstruction from Irregular Samples. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 59(5):4033-4043. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3022761.

Long, D. G. and M. J. Brodzik.  2016.  Optimum Image Formation for Spaceborne Microwave Radiometer Products.  IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 54(5):2763-2779. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2015.2505677.

Long, D. G. M. J. Brodzik and M. A. Hardman. 2017. Enhanced-resolution SMAP soil moisture using image reconstruction. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pages 2499–2502. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127502.

Long, D. G., M. J. Brodzik and M. A. Hardman. 2019. Enhanced-Resolution SMAP Brightness Temperature Image Products. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(7):4151-4163. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2018.2889427.

Long, D. G., M. J. Brodzik and M. A. Hardman. 2021. The Effective Resolution of CETB Image Products. NSIDC Special Report 21. National Snow and Ice Data Center. Boulder, CO.

Long, D. G. and D. L. Daum.  1998.  Spatial resolution enhancement of SSM/I data.  IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 36(2):407-417. doi: 10.1109/36.662726

Paget, A., M. J. Brodzik, D. G. Long and M. A. Hardman. 2016. Bringing Earth’s Microwave Maps into Sharper FocusEOS, 97, 21 Dec 2016, doi:10.1029/2016EO063675.

Presentations/Posters

Brodzik, M. J., B. Billingsley, T. Haran, B. Raup and M. H. Savoie. 2013.  Enabling ease of access for Earth-gridded data with EASE-Grid 2.0.  Poster IN13A-1555 presented at 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

Brodzik, M. J., M. A. Hardman and D. G. Long. 2017. Usability and Interoperability Improvements for an EASE-Grid 2.0 Passive Microwave Data Product Using CF Conventions. Poster IN42B-06 presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.

Brodzik, M. J., D. G. Long and M. A. Hardman. 2017. Enhanced-Resolution SMAP Soil Moisture Using Image Reconstruction: Part One: TB Resolution Enhancement. Presentation at 2017 SUSMAP Science Meeting, Cambridge, MA, 19-20 Oct.

Brodzik, M. J., D. G. Long, M. A. Hardman, A. Paget, R. L. Armstrong.  2015. Using image reconstruction to enhance spatial resolution of the satellite passive microwave historical record.  Presented at MicroSnow2 Meeting, Columbia, MD, 13-15 Jul.

Brodzik, M. J., A. Paget, D. G. Long, M. A. Hardman, T. M. Haran.  2016. Leveraging GeoTIFF compatibility for visualizing a new EASE-Grid 2.0 global satellite passive microwave climate record.  Presented at 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 22-26 Feb.

Brodzik, M. J., J. M. Ramage, M. T. Johnson, T. J. Troy, D. G. Long and R. L. Armstrong. 2019. Spatio-Temporal Trends in Melt Onset in the Upper Indus Basin Using Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures. Poster presentation at AMS 99th Annual Meeting, HYDRO:#55, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 7-10 Jan.

Hardman, M. A., M. J. Brodzik, J. Gotberg, D. G. Long and A. Paget. 2014. Tactical approaches for making a successful satellite passive microwave ESDR. Poster IN31A-3711 presented at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 Dec.

Hardman, M. A., M. J. Brodzik, D. G. Long, J. M. Ramage. 2017. Calibrated, Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperature Earth System Data Record: A New Era for Gridded Passive Microwave Data. Poster C51C-0993 presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.

Paget, A. C., D. G. Long and M. J. Brodzik. 2013. A Climate Record of Enhanced Spatial Resolution Radiometer Data. Talk C14B-01 presented at 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

Paget, A., M. J. Brodzik, J. Gotberg, M. A. Hardman and D. G. Long. 2014. Using image reconstruction methods to enhance gridded resolution for a newly-calibrated passive microwave Earth System Data Record.  Poster A51I-3158 presented at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 Dec.

Ramage, J., M. J. Brodzik and M. Hardman.  2016.  Melt on the Margins:  Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperatures to Map Melt Onset near Glacier Margins & Transition Zones.  Poster presented at 73rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Snow Conference, Columbus, OH, 14-16 Jun.