Dr. James A. Smith Profile

Dr. James A. Smith

Retired NASA

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Proceedings Article | 2 October 2008 Paper

Space-based ornithology: studying bird migration and environmental change in North America

James Smith, Jill Deppe

Proceedings Volume 7104, 710402 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.801243

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Animal model studies, Climatology, Environmental sensing, Climate change, Aerospace engineering, Atmospheric modeling, Systems modeling, Process modeling, Remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2004 Paper

Toward a high-temporal-frequency grass canopy thermal IR model for background signatures

Jerrell Ballard, James Smith, George Koenig

Proceedings Volume 5431, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.541048

KEYWORDS: Thermography, Atmospheric modeling, Heat flux, Thermal modeling, Humidity, Data modeling, Infrared signatures, Infrared radiation, Temperature metrology, Wind measurement

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2002 Paper

Hyperspectral canopy reflectance modeling and EO-1 Hyperion

Jerrell Ballard, James Smith

Proceedings Volume 4725, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478786

KEYWORDS: 3D modeling, Reflectivity, Solar radiation models, Alternate lighting of surfaces, Atmospheric modeling, Data modeling, Spectroscopy, Photography, Atmospheric corrections, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2002 Paper

Comparison of EO1 Landsat-7 ETM+ and EO-1 ALI images over Rochester, New York

Jeffrey Pedelty, Jeffrey Morisette, James Smith

Proceedings Volume 4725, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478768

KEYWORDS: Alternate lighting of surfaces, Reflectivity, Atmospheric modeling, Sensors, Earth observing sensors, Atmospheric corrections, Aerosols, Sun, Photometry, Landsat

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Proceedings Article | 28 January 2002 Paper

Directional satellite thermal IR measurements and modeling of a forest in winter and their relationship to air temperature

Lee Balick, Jerrell Ballard, James Smith, Stewart Goltz

Proceedings Volume 4542, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454212

KEYWORDS: Temperature metrology, Satellites, Thermography, Data modeling, Thermal modeling, Sun, Sensors, 3D modeling, Infrared imaging, Remote sensing

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 August 2001

Thermal infrared hot spot and dependence on canopy geometry

James Smith, Jerrell Ballard

OE, Vol. 40, Issue 08, (August 2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1387990

KEYWORDS: Thermography, Infrared radiation, Reflectivity, Monte Carlo methods, Computer simulations, Atmospheric optics, Satellites, Remote sensing, Infrared sensors, Optical engineering

SPIE Journal Paper | 1 August 1999

Effect of spatial resolution on thermal and near-infrared sensing of canopies

James Smith, Jerrell Ballard

OE, Vol. 38, Issue 08, (August 1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.602193

KEYWORDS: Spatial resolution, Reflectivity, Thermography, Sensors, Temperature metrology, 3D modeling, Thermal sensing, Near infrared, Vegetation, Anisotropy

Proceedings Article | 11 December 1998 Paper

Effect of spatial resolution on thermal IR sensing of plant canopies

James Smith, Jerrell Ballard, Lee Balick, James Getter

Proceedings Volume 3499, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.332747

KEYWORDS: Spatial resolution, 3D modeling, Reflectivity, Sensors, Agriculture, Thermal modeling, Thermography, Remote sensing, Vegetation, Soil science

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 1997 Paper

Three-dimensional modeling of agricultural canopies for thermal IR exitance studies

James Smith, Jeffrey Pedelty, Jerrell Ballard, Thomas Schmugge

Proceedings Volume 3222, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298184

KEYWORDS: 3D modeling, Thermography, Vegetation, Thermal modeling, Agriculture, Infrared radiation, Atmospheric modeling, Sensors, Resistance, Sun

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 November 1997

Effect of three-dimensional canopy architecture on thermal infrared exitance

James Smith, Jerrell Ballard, Jeffrey Pedelty

OE, Vol. 36, Issue 11, (November 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.601527

KEYWORDS: 3D modeling, Vegetation, Thermography, Infrared radiation, Thermal modeling, Resistance, Sun, Sensors, Atmospheric modeling, Chemical elements

Proceedings Article | 4 August 1997 Paper

Combined hyperspectral and thermal imaging for improved land surface flux estimation

James Smith, Jeffrey Pedelty

Proceedings Volume 3071, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280588

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Thermography, Reflectivity, Atmospheric modeling, Infrared radiation, Infrared imaging, Neural networks, Vegetation, Thermal modeling, Bidirectional reflectance transmission function

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Proceedings Article | 31 January 1995 Paper

Evaluation of a multistory forest canopy remote sensing model driven by stand-level architecture

James Smith, K. Jon Ranson, Robert Knox, John Weishampel, Elissa Levine, Darrel Williams, Y. Shimabukuro

Proceedings Volume 2314, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.200739

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Monte Carlo methods, Solar radiation models, Remote sensing, Statistical modeling, Data modeling, Ecosystems, Optical properties, Scattering, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 31 January 1995 Paper

Thermal radiant exitance model performance: soils and forests

Lee Balick, James Smith

Proceedings Volume 2314, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.200755

KEYWORDS: Thermal modeling, Performance modeling, Solid modeling, Solar energy, Temperature metrology, Atmospheric modeling, Wind energy, Vegetation, Absorption, Data modeling

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