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Michel M. Verstraete
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 165
Citations - 12823
Michel M. Verstraete is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Radiative transfer & Albedo. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 165 publications receiving 11911 citations. Previous affiliations of Michel M. Verstraete include University Corporation for Atmospheric Research & United Nations Environment Programme.
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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument description and experiment overview
David J. Diner,J.C. Beckert,T.H. Reilly,Carol J. Bruegge,James E. Conel,Ralph A. Kahn,John V. Martonchik,Thomas P. Ackerman,Roger Davies,Siegfried A. W. Gerstl,Howard R. Gordon,Jan-Peter Muller,Ranga B. Myneni,Piers J. Sellers,Bernard Pinty,Michel M. Verstraete +15 more
TL;DR: An overview of the as-built instrument characteristics and the application of MISR to remote sensing of the Earth is provided.
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The Concept of Essential Climate Variables in Support of Climate Research, Applications, and Policy
Stephan Bojinski,Michel M. Verstraete,Thomas C. Peterson,Carolin Richter,Adrian Simmons,Michael Zemp +5 more
TL;DR: The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) developed the concept of essential climate variables (ECVs) as mentioned in this paper, which is used to provide reliable, traceable, observation-based evidence for a range of applications, including monitoring, mitigating, adapting to, and attributing climate changes.
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GEMI: a non-linear index to monitor global vegetation from satellites
TL;DR: A new vegetation index is proposed which has been designed specifically to reduce the relative effects of these undesirable atmospheric perturbations, while maintaining the information about the vegetation cover.
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Coupled surface-atmosphere reflectance (CSAR) model: 2. Semiempirical surface model usable with NOAA advanced very high resolution radiometer data
TL;DR: In this article, a semi-empirical model to describe the bidirectional reflectance of arbitrary natural surfaces using only three parameters has been developed, which successfully accounts for the observed variability of reflectance measurements in laboratory and field conditions.
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Techniques for the retrieval of aerosol properties over land and ocean using multiangle imaging
John V. Martonchik,David J. Diner,Ralph A. Kahn,Thomas P. Ackerman,Michel M. Verstraete,Bernard Pinty,Howard R. Gordon +6 more
TL;DR: Three algorithms are described that will be implemented to retrieve aerosol properties globally using MISR data, and results indicate that aerosol optical depth can be retrieved with an accuracy of 0.05 or 10%, whichever is greater, and some information can be obtained about the aerosol chemical and physical properties.