Unmanned aerial system nadir reflectance and MODIS nadir BRDF-adjusted surface reflectances intercompared over Greenland

Burkhart, John Faulkner; Kylling, Arve; Schaaf, Crystal B.; Wang, Zhuosen; Bogren, Wiley; Storvold, Rune; Solbø, Stian; Pedersen, Christina A.; Gerland, Sebastian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1575-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1575-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1575-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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04 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 04 Jul 2017

Unmanned aerial system nadir reflectance and MODIS nadir BRDF-adjusted surface reflectances intercompared over Greenland

John Faulkner Burkhart, Arve Kylling, Crystal B. Schaaf, Zhuosen Wang, Wiley Bogren, Rune Storvold, Stian Solbø, Christina A. Pedersen, and Sebastian Gerland

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Response to RC1: UAS-MODIS Reflectances', J. F. Burkhart, 01 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review 2', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Response to RC2: UAS-MODIS Reflectances', J. F. Burkhart, 01 Apr 2017
AC3: 'Diff document with revisions', J. F. Burkhart, 01 Apr 2017

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AR by John F. Burkhart on behalf of the Authors (04 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (17 May 2017) by Edward Hanna

AR by John F. Burkhart on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 May 2017) by Edward Hanna

Short summary

We present the first use of spectrometer measurements from a drone to assess reflectance and albedo over the Greenland Ice Sheet. In order to measure albedo – a critical parameter in the earth's energy balance – a drone was flown along 200 km transects coincident with Terra and Aqua satellites flying MODIS. We present a direct comparison of UAV-measured reflectance with satellite data over Greenland and provide a new method to study cryospheric surfaces using UAV with spectral instruments.