Bo‐cai Gao

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Bo‐cai Gao

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Bo‐cai Gao's Degrees

PhD Geography University of Maryland, College Park
Masters Geography University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelors Geography Peking University

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NDWI—A normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space (1996) (4239)
Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS (2003) (895)
The MODIS 2.1-μm channel-correlation with visible reflectance for use in remote sensing of aerosol (1997) (850)
Software for the derivation of scaled surface reflectances from AVIRIS data (1992) (487)
Column atmospheric water vapor and vegetation liquid water retrievals from Airborne Imaging Spectrometer data (1990) (460)
Water vapor retrievals using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) near‐infrared channels (2003) (441)
Atmospheric correction algorithms for hyperspectral remote sensing data of land and ocean (2009) (348)
Remote sensing of water vapor in the near IR from EOS/MODIS (1992) (341)
Atmospheric correction algorithm for hyperspectral remote sensing of ocean color from space. (2000) (271)
Retrieval of equivalent water thickness and information related to biochemical components of vegetation canopies from AVIRIS data (1995) (221)
Cirrus cloud detection from airborne imaging spectrometer data using the 1 (1993) (173)
Atmospheric correction for global mapping spectroscopy: ATREM advances for the HyspIRI preparatory campaign (2015) (161)
Remote sensing of suspended sediments and shallow coastal waters (2003) (158)
Normalized difference water index for remote sensing of vegetation liquid water from space (1995) (149)
An operational method for estimating signal to noise ratios from data acquired with imaging spectrometers (1993) (148)
An algorithm using visible and 1.38-μm channels to retrieve cirrus cloud reflectances from aircraft and satellite data (2002) (141)
Selection of the 1.375-µm MODIS Channel for Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds and Stratospheric Aerosols from Space (1995) (139)
WindSat Global Soil Moisture Retrieval and Validation (2010) (123)
Water and bottom properties of a coastal environment derived from Hyperion data measured from the EO-1 spacecraft platform (2007) (97)
Extraction of dry leaf spectral features from reflectance spectra of green vegetation (1994) (96)
Estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration in productive turbid waters using a Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean—the Azov Sea case study (2011) (96)
Refinement of wavelength calibrations of hyperspectral imaging data using a spectrum-matching technique (2004) (94)
The MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Algorithm (1998) (92)
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer coastal ocean sensor: design, characteristics, and first flight results. (2014) (88)
Application of the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean to Phytoplankton Ecology Studies in Monterey Bay, CA, USA (2014) (88)
Corection of thin cirrus path radiances in the 0.4–1.0 μm spectral region using the sensitive 1.375 μm cirrus detecting channel (1998) (88)
Optimal estimation for imaging spectrometer atmospheric correction (2018) (87)
Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery During the PACE Era (2019) (85)
Distinguishing tropospheric aerosols from thin cirrus clouds for improved aerosol retrievals using the ratio of 1.38‐μm and 1.24‐μm channels (2002) (82)
A technique for detecting burn scars using MODIS data (2004) (80)
Inherent and apparent scattering properties of coated or uncoated spheres embedded in an absorbing host medium. (2013) (75)
Daytime and nighttime detection of mineral dust over desert using infrared spectral contrast (1998) (75)
Effect of ice crystal shape and effective size on snow bidirectional reflectance (2006) (73)
Development of a line-by-line-based atmosphere removal algorithm for airborne and spaceborne imaging spectrometers (1997) (71)
Atmospheric correction for hyperspectral ocean color retrieval with application to the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) (2018) (71)
An Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Bright Coastal Waters Using MODIS Land and Ocean Channels in the Solar Spectral Region (2007) (65)
Distribution and Radiative Forcing of Tropical Thin Cirrus Clouds (2009) (64)
Sensitivity of cirrus bidirectional reflectance to vertical inhomogeneity of ice crystal habits and size distributions for two Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) bands (2001) (61)
High Cloud Properties from Three Years of MODIS Terra and Aqua Collection-4 Data over the Tropics (2007) (61)
New algorithm for atmospheric correction of hyperspectral remote sensing data (2001) (55)
Radiative transfer codes applied to hyperspectral data for the retrieval of surface reflectance (2002) (54)
Measurements of water vapor and high clouds over the Tibetan Plateau with the Terra MODIS instrument (2003) (52)
A Review of Atmospheric Correction Techniques for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces and Ocean Color (2006) (52)
Space station image captures a red tide ciliate bloom at high spectral and spatial resolution (2015) (52)
Airborne mapping of benthic reflectance spectra with Bayesian linear mixtures (2017) (46)
Optical thickness of tropical cirrus clouds derived from the MODIS 0.66and 1.375-/spl mu/m channels (2004) (45)
Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 2: Multi-Angle and Polarimetry (2019) (43)
Snow and ice mask for the MODIS aerosol products (2005) (41)
NRL Atmospheric Correction Algorithms for Oceans: Tafkaa User's Guide (2004) (40)
Using EO-1 Hyperion to Simulate HyspIRI Products for a Coniferous Forest: The Fraction of PAR Absorbed by Chlorophyll $(\hbox{fAPAR}_{\rm chl})$ and Leaf Water Content (LWC) (2012) (38)
Cloudy-sky land surface longwave downward radiation (LWDR) estimation by integrating MODIS and AIRS/AMSU measurements (2018) (37)
Cloud Detection over the Arctic Region Using Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Data during the Daytime (1998) (35)
The spectral signature of mixed-phase clouds composed of non-spherical ice crystals and spherical liquid droplets in the terrestrial window region (2003) (34)
Possible near-IR channels for remote sensing precipitable water vapor from geostationary satellite platforms (1993) (33)
Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds in the Infrared (8-13 Microns) Spectral Region (2013) (31)
A new concept on remote sensing of cirrus optical depth and effective ice particle size using strong water vapor absorption channels near 1.38 and 1.88 /spl mu/m (2004) (31)
Retrieval of Atmospheric Parameters and Surface Reflectance from Visible and Shortwave Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy Data (2018) (31)
A practical method for simulating AVHRR-consistent NDVI data series using narrow MODIS channels in the 0.5-1.0 μm spectral range (2000) (30)
Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 1: Ocean Color Instrument (2019) (29)
Quantitative improvement in the estimates of NDVI values from remotely sensed data by correcting thin cirrus scattering effects (2000) (28)
The O2/N2 ratio and CO2 airborne Southern Ocean study (2017) (28)
Real-Time Atmospheric Correction of AVIRIS-NG Imagery (2015) (25)
Removal of Thin Cirrus Scattering Effects in Landsat 8 OLI Images Using the Cirrus Detecting Channel (2017) (25)
Vicarious calibrations of HICO data acquired from the International Space Station. (2012) (24)
Tafkaa atmospheric correction of hyperspectral data (2004) (24)
Improved Detection of Optically Thin Cirrus Clouds in Nighttime Multispectral Meteorological Satellite Imagery Using Total Integrated Water Vapor Information (1995) (24)
The Future of Imaging Spectroscopy Prospective Technologies and Applications (2006) (23)
Remote sensing of total precipitable water vapor in the near‐IR over ocean glint (2000) (23)
Effect of Solar-Cloud-Satellite Geometry on Land Surface Shortwave Radiation Derived from Remotely Sensed Data (2017) (23)
A comparison of MODIS, NCEP, and TMI sea surface temperature datasets (2005) (23)
Cloud area determination from AVIRIS data using water vapor channels near 1 μm (1991) (22)
A global water vapor data set obtained by merging the SSMI and MODIS data (2004) (22)
Detection of high clouds in polar regions during the daytime using the MODIS 1.375-μm channel (2003) (22)
Column Atmospheric Water Vapor Retrievals From Awborne Imaging Spectrometer Data (1989) (21)
Optimizing irradiance estimates for coastal and inland water imaging spectroscopy (2015) (20)
A unified approach to estimate land and water reflectances with uncertainties for coastal imaging spectroscopy (2019) (19)
Surface-induced brightness temperature variations and their effects on detecting thin cirrus clouds using IR emission channels in the 8-12 micrometer region (1994) (18)
Measuring cloud thermodynamic phase with shortwave infrared imaging spectroscopy (2016) (18)
The Development of Imaging Spectrometry of the Coastal Ocean (2006) (17)
Ice Cloud Optical Depth From MODIS Cirrus Reflectance (2007) (16)
An Improved Method For Retrieving Land Surface Albedo Over Rugged Terrain (2014) (16)
Tropical ice cloud optical depth, ice water path, and frequency fields inferred from the MODIS level-3 data (2007) (16)
Presence of terrestrial atmospheric gas absorption bands in standard extraterrestrial solar irradiance curves in the near-infrared spectral region. (1995) (15)
Removing Atmospheric Effects From AVIRIS Data for Surface Reflectance Retrievals (1991) (15)
Atmospheric correction with the Bayesian empirical line. (2016) (15)
Evaluation of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer special 3.95-micron fire channel and implications on fire channel selections for future satellite instruments (2007) (14)
Determination of total column water vapor in the atmosphere at high spatial resolution from AVIRIS data using spectral curve fitting and band ratioing techniques (1990) (14)
A proposed update to the solar irradiance spectrum used in LOWTRAN and MODTRAN (1993) (14)
A Fast Smoothing Algorithm for Post-Processing of Surface Reflectance Spectra Retrieved from Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Data (2013) (13)
Evaluation of Terra MODIS Aerosol and Water Vapor Measurements Using ARM SGP Data (2001) (12)
Removal of Thin Cirrus Scattering Effects for Remote Sensing of Ocean Color From Space (2012) (12)
ISS as a Platform for Optical Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes: A Case Study Using HICO (2017) (11)
Comparison of Column Water Vapor Measurements Using Downward-looking Near-Infrared and Infrared Imaging Systems and Upward-looking Microwave Radiometers (1992) (11)
A Technique For Removing Second-Order Light Effects From Hyperspectral Imaging Data (2012) (11)
A New and Fast Method for Smoothing Spectral Imaging Data (1998) (10)
The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO™) environmental littoral imaging from the International Space Station (2010) (10)
Derivation of Land Surface Albedo at High Resolution by Combining HJ-1A/B Reflectance Observations with MODIS BRDF Products (2014) (10)
Remote sensing of smoke, clouds, and fire using AVIRIS data (1993) (9)
Vegetation Biochemistry: What Can Imaging Spectrometry Tell Us About Canopies? (1991) (8)
Selection of a 1.3758-μm channel for remote sensing of cirrus clouds and stratospheric aerosols from EOS/MODIS (1993) (7)
Surface Velocities From Multiple-Tracer Image Sequences (2012) (7)
Removal of Thin Cirrus Path Radiances in the 0.4-1.0 micron Spectral Region Using the 1.375-micron Strong Water Vapor Absorption Channel (1998) (7)
FVI - A Floating Vegetation Index Formed with Three Near-IR Channels in the 1.0-1.24 μm Spectral Range for the Detection of Vegetation Floating over Water Surfaces (2018) (7)
A linear spectral matching technique for retrieving equivalent water thickness and biochemical constituents of green vegetation (1992) (6)
Cloud Remote Sensing Using Midwave IR CO2 and N2O Slicing Channels near 4.5 μm (2011) (6)
Multispectral decomposition for the removal of out-of-band effects of visible/infrared imaging radiometer suite visible and near-infrared bands. (2012) (6)
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM): laboratory and field calibration (2012) (6)
Remote Sensing of Daytime Water Leaving Reflectances of Oceans and Large Inland Lakes from EPIC onboard the DSCOVR Spacecraft at Lagrange-1 Point (2019) (5)
The Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperatures and Gas Volume Mixing Ratios and Column amounts from Infrared Solar Absorption Spectra. (1988) (5)
Case Studies of Water Vapor and Surface Liquid Water from AVIRIS Data Measured Over Denver, CO and Death Valley, CA (1991) (5)
Correction of thin cirrus effects in AVIRIS images using the sensitive 1.375-micron cirrus detecting channel (1995) (5)
The Time Series of Terra and Aqua MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Products (2008) (5)
Toward a general method for detecting clouds and shadows in optical remote sensing imagery (2016) (5)
An improved bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) over rugged terrain based on moderate spatial resolution remote sensing data (2013) (4)
Analysis Of AVIRIS Data From LEO-15 Using Tafkaa Atmospheric Correction (2004) (4)
A Method for Retrieving Daily Land Surface Albedo from Space at 30-m Resolution (2015) (4)
Spectral calibrations of HICO data using atmospheric bands and radiance adjustment based on HICO and MODIS data comparisons (2010) (4)
Naval EarthMap Observer (NEMO) science and naval products (1998) (4)
Improvements to the Tafkaa Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Hyperspectral Ocean-Color Data (2007) (4)
Potential nighttime contamination of CERES clear‐sky fields of view by optically thin cirrus during the CRYSTAL‐FACE campaign (2006) (4)
Evaluation of errors induced by soil dielectric models for soil moisture retrieval at L-band (2016) (4)
Development of an operational algorithm for removing atmospheric effects from HYDICE and HSI data (1996) (3)
Examples of using imaging spectrometry for remote sensing of the atmosphere, land, and ocean (1998) (3)
A Study of MODIS Fire Detecting Channel Centered at 3.95-m (2006) (3)
A Multispectral Decomposition Technique for the Recovery of True SeaWiFS Top-of-Atmosphere Radiances (2013) (3)
Remote sensing of water vapor and thin cirrus clouds using MODIS near-IR channels (2001) (3)
Early Landslide Detection in the Lancangjiang Region Along the Sichuan-Tibet Railway Based on SBAS-InSAR Technology (2021) (3)
Reconstruction of MODIS Spectral Reflectance under Cloudy-Sky Condition (2016) (3)
Use of Hyper-Spectral Visible and Near-Infrared Satellite Data for Timely Estimates of the Earth’s Surface Reflectance in Cloudy Conditions: Part 2- Image Restoration With HICO Satellite Data in Overcast Conditions (2021) (3)
Hyperspectral remote sensing in coastal regions: Prism field validation in Elkhorn Slough (2013) (2)
Analysis of hyper-spectral AVIRIS image data over a mixed-conifer forest in Maine (1993) (2)
The Spatial and Temporal Variations of High Clouds based on the MODIS 1.375-Micron Channel Measurements (2008) (2)
NRL Atmospheric Correction Algorithms for Oceans: Land, Cloud, and Cirrus Mask User's Guide (2004) (2)
HICO On-Orbit Performance and Future Directions (2012) (2)
Atmospheric correction algorithm based on vector radiative transfer modeling for hyperspectral remote sensing of ocean color (1999) (2)
A multi-channel atmospheric correction algorithm for remote sensing of coastal waters (2007) (2)
Thin cirrus detection and correction of thin cirrus path radiances using near-IR channels near 1.375-um (1997) (2)
Correction of Sunglint Effects in High Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Imagery Using SWIR or NIR Bands and Taking Account of Spectral Variation of Refractive Index of Water (2021) (2)
Improving Water Leaving Reflectance Retrievals from ABI and AHI Data Acquired Over Case 2 Waters from Present Geostationary Weather Satellite Platforms (2020) (1)
Characteristics of tropical cirrus cloud optical thickness fields using MODIS level-3 data (2004) (1)
Early Results from the MODIS Atmosphere Cloud Algorithms (2000) (1)
A Systematic Sensitivity Study on Surface Pixel Shifts in High Spatial Resolution Satellite Images Resulting from Atmospheric Refraction in the Sensor to Surface Ray Path (2020) (1)
The effects of atmospheric correction schemes on the hyperspectral imaging of littoral environments (2004) (1)
The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO (trademark)) Provides a New View of the Coastal Ocean (2012) (1)
Reconstruction of Spatiotemporally Continuous MODIS-Band Reflectance in East and South Asia from 2012 to 2015 (2020) (1)
Possible enhancement to specifications of several Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer visible and near-IR channels for improved earth observations (2007) (1)
Correction of second order light for the HICO™ sensor onboard the international space satation (2010) (1)
Retrieval of column water vapor amount from MODIS channels near 1 /spl mu/m (1998) (1)
Removal of atmospheric effects from hyperspectral imaging data for remote sensing of coastal waters (2001) (1)
Derivation of column atmospheric water vapor amount from MODIS near-IR channels (2000) (1)
The retrieval of land surface albedo in rugged terrain (2012) (1)
Remote sensing of smoke, clouds, and radiation using AVIRIS during SCAR experiments (1995) (1)
Use of multi-spectral visible and near-infrared satellite data for timely estimates of the Earth's surface reflectance in cloudy conditions: Part 2 - image restoration with HICO satellite data in overcast conditions (2021) (1)
Case studies of aircraft contrails using the 1.375-micron channel and IR emission channels on MODIS (2001) (1)
2. Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean on the International Space Station (2015) (1)
Sensitivity of Cirrus Bidirectional Reflectance at Modis Bands to Vertical Inhomogeneity of Ice Crystal Habits and Size Distribution (2013) (1)
QUANTITATIVE IMPROVEMENT TO THE ESTIMATION OF NDVI VALUES FROM AVIRIS DATA BY CORRECTING THIN CIRRUS SCATTERING EFFECTS (1999) (1)
Retrievals of Surface Reflectance from Aviris Data (1991) (1)
SAFARI 2000 MODIS MOD05_L2 Water Vapor Data, Binary Format, for Southern Africa (2005) (1)
Derivation of equivalent water thickness and an index of biochemical component abundance in vegetation from AVIRIS data (1993) (0)
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystem Productivity from ISS (2017) (0)
MODIS Atmosphere Validation Plan (1999) (0)
Possible Near-II? Channels for Remote Sensing Precipitable Water Vapor from Geostationat-y Satellite Platforms (1993) (0)
Seasonal and global variations of water vapor and high clouds observed with MODIS near-IR channels (2003) (0)
Towards PACE Atmospheric Correction, Aerosol and Cloud Products: Making Use of Expanded Spectral, Angular and Polarimetric Information. (2017) (0)
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer %28PRISM%29: Laboratory and Field Calibration (2012) (0)
Evaluating Simplifications of Subsurface Process Representations for Field-scale Permafrost Hydrology Models (2022) (0)
Improving Atmospheric Correction for Visible/Short Wave Infrared (VSWIR) Imaging Spectrometers with Iterative Fitting of Absorption By Three Phases of Water (2014) (0)
Naval EarthMap Observer: overview and data processing (1999) (0)
Estimation Of Cloud Area From Aviris Data Using A Band Ratioing Technique (1990) (0)
The VIIRS Cirrus Reflectance Algorithm (2023) (0)
Deconvolution of Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures Using Visible/Infrared Observations (2020) (0)
Team Members in monthly PI Processing meetings that included planning and debriefing for MODAPS operational readiness, oversight of MODIS Atmosphere’s PGE development and testing, assessments of MODAPS-to- (2000) (0)
Enhancement of Passive Microwave Soil Moisture Retrievals using Visible/Infrared Imager (2015) (0)
Water leaving reflectance retrievals from MODIS, VIIRS, and Landsat8 data acquired over coastal waters (2016) (0)
Retrieving modis band reflectance at cloudy pixels considering spatial heterogeneity (2016) (0)
Intercomparison of MAS, AVIRIS, and HIS data from FIRE cirrus 2 (1993) (0)
Seasonal and Inter-Annual Patterns of Phytoplankton Community Structure in Monterey Bay, CA Derived from AVIRIS Data During the 2013-2015 HyspIRI Airborne Campaign (2015) (0)
PHILLS-1 Hyperspectral Data Processing: 2001 LEO-15 Deployment (2004) (0)
Adaptation of a Hyperspectral Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Multi-spectral Ocean Color Data in Coastal Waters. Chapter 3 (2003) (0)
Refining atmospheric correction for aquatic remote spectroscopy (2015) (0)
The enhancement of lidar backscattering by horizontally oriented ice crystal plates in cirrus clouds (2002) (0)
Separation of cirrus cloud from clear surface from AVIRIS data using the 1.38 micron water vapor band (1992) (0)
Cirrus Cloud Optical Thickness from Reflectance Measurements in the MODIS 1.38‐μm Channel (2009) (0)
Removal of Cirrus Cloud Effects over the Coastal Regions for Remote Sensing (2020) (0)
Daily and seasonal variations of water vapor and high clouds observed from MODIS data in the near-IR spectral region (2001) (0)
Regional and global variations of water vapor and high clouds inferred from two years' measurements with MODIS near-IR channels (2002) (0)
Correction of thin cirrus effects in the 0.4- to 1.0-um region using the 1.375-um cirrus-detecting channel (1995) (0)
A Multi-Band Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Deriving Water Leaving Reflectances over Turbid Waters from VIIRS Data (2023) (0)
Masking of Residual Snow and Ice Covered Surfaces for Improving Aerosol Retrievals From MODIS Data (2006) (0)
1994 MODIS Annual Report (1997) (0)
VSWIR L1 & L2: Radiance and Reflectance Algorithm Maturity, Calibration, and Validation (2018) (0)

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