Profile for James Irons

Title: Associate Chief
Affiliation: NASA
Contact: E-mail
Code 613.0
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Office Phone: 301-614-6657
Fax: 301-614-6297

Publications

S.N. Goward, T. Arvidson, R. Irish, and J.R. Irons (2009). Moderate Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors In T.A. Warner, M.D. Nellis, and G.M. Foody (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing (123 - 138). Sage Publications Inc., Los Angeles:

Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, S.N. Goward, J.G. Masek, J.R. Irons, M. Herold, W.B. Cohen, T.R. Loveland, and C.E. Woodcock (2008). Landsat continuity: Issues and opportunities for land cover monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(3), 955-969.
doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.004

Goward, S., T. Arvidson, F. Faundeen, J.R. Irons, and S. Franks (2006). Historical record of Landsat global coverage: mission operations, NSLRSDA, and international cooperator stations. Photgrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 72(10), 1155-1169.

Irons, J.R., and J.G. Masek (2006). Requirments for a Landsat Data Continuity Mission. Photgrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 72(10), 1102-1108.

Entcheva-Campbell, P.K., B.N. Rock, M.E. Martin, C.D. Neefus, J.R. Irons, E.M. Middleton, and J. Albrechtova (2004). Detection of initial damage in Norway spruce canopies using hyperspectral airborne data. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 25(24), 5557-5583.

Lyapustin, A., D. Williams, B. Markham, J.R. Irons, Y. Kaufman, B. Holben, and Y. Wang (2004). A Method for Unbiased High-Resolution Aerosol Retrieval from Landsat.. J. Atmos. Sci., 61(11), 1233-1244.
10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1233:AMFUHA>2.0.CO;2

Markham, B.L., J.C. Storey, D.L. Williams, and J.R. Irons (2004). Landsat sensor performance: history and current status.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42(12), 2691-2694.
10.1109/TGRS.2004.840720

Markham, B.L., J.C. Storey, M. M. Crawford, D. Goodenough, and J.R. Irons (2004). Foreword to the Special Issue on Landsat Sensor Performance Characterization. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42(12), 2687-2689.
10.1109/TGRS.2004.841174

Brown de Colstoun, E.C., M.H. Story, C. Thompson, K. Commisso, T.G. Smith, and J.R. Irons (2003). National Park vegetation mapping using multitemporal Landsat 7 data and a decision tree classifier.. Remote Sens. Environ., 85(3), 316-327.

Goward, S.N., J.G. Masek, D.L. Williams, and J.R. Irons (2001). The Landsat 7 Mission: Terrestrial research and applications for the 21st century. Remote Sens. Environ., 78(1-2), 3-12.
10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00262-0

E. Ben-Dor, and J.R. Irons (1999). Soil Reflectance In A.N. Rencz (Ed.), Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences (111 - 188). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York:

Russell, C.A., J.R. Irons, and P.W. Dabney (1997). Bidirectional reflectance of selected BOREAS sites using the new ASAS sensor array.. J. Geophys. Res, 102(D24), 505-29, 516.
10.1029/96JD03880

Abuelgasim, A.A., S. Gopal, J.R. Irons, and A.H. Strahler (1996). Classification of ASAS multiangle and multispectral measurements using artificial neural networks.. Remote Sens. Environ., 57(2), 79-87.
10.1016/0034-4257(95)00197-2

Li, Z-J., A.K. Fung, S. Tjuatja, D.P. Gibbs, C.L. Betty, and J.R. Irons (1996). A modeling study of backscattering from soil surfaces. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 34(1), 264-271.
10.1109/36.481911

Brown de Colstoun, E.C., C.L. Walthall, C.A. Russell, and J.R. Irons (1995). Estimating the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (ƒAPAR) at FIFE with airborne bidirectional spectral reflectance data.. J. Geophys. Res, 100(D12), 25, 523–25, 535.
10.1029/95JD01045

Daughtry, C.S.T., J.E. McMurtrey III, E.W. Chappelle, W.P. Dulaney, J.R. Irons, and M.B. Satterwhite (1995). Potential for discriminating crop residues from soil by reflectance and fluorescence.. Agron. J., 87, 165-171.

Russell, C.A., C.L. Walthall, J.R. Irons, and E. Brown de Colstoun (1995). Comparison of airborne and surface spectral bidirectional reflectance factors, spectral hemispherical reflectance and spectral vegetation indices.. J. Geophys. Res, 100(D12), 25, 509–25, 522.
10.1029/95JD01643

Lawrence, W.T., D.L. Williams, K.J. Ranson, J.R. Irons, and C.L. Walthall (1994). Comparative analysis of data acquired by three narrow-band airborne spectroradiometers over subboreal vegetation.. Remote Sens. Environ., 47(2), 204-215.
10.1016/0034-4257(94)90156-2

Ranson, K.J., J.R. Irons, and D.L. Williams (1994). Multispectral bidirectional reflectance of northern forest canopies with ASAS.. Remote Sens. Environ., 47(2), 276-289.
10.1016/0034-4257(94)90161-9

Gibbs, D.P., C.L. Betty, A.K. Fung, A.J. Blanchard, J.R. Irons, and W.L. Balsam (1993). Automated measurement of polarized bidirectional reflectance.. Remote Sens. Environ., 43(1), 97-114.
10.1016/0034-4257(93)90067-8

Hall, D.K., J.L. Foster, J.R. Irons, and P.W. Dabney (1993). Airborne bidirectional radiances of snow covered surfaces in Montana, U.S.A.. Annals of Glaciology, 17, 35-40.

Kimes, D.S., J.R. Irons, and E.R. Levine (1993). Learning class descriptions from a data base of spectral reflectance of soil samples.. Remote Sens. Environ., 43(2), 161-169.
10.1016/0034-4257(93)90005-I

Deering, D.W., E.M. Middleton, J.R. Irons, B.L. Blad, E.A. Walter-Shea, C.J. Hays, C. Walthall, T.F. Eck, and B.P. Banerjee (1992). Prairie grassland bidirectional reflectances measured by different instruments at the FIFE Site.. J. Geophys. Res, 97(D17), 18, 887–18, 903.
10.1029/92JD02163

Irons, J.R., G.S. Campbell, J.M. Norman, D.W. Graham, and W.M. Kovalick (1992). Prediction and measurement of soil bidirectional reflectance.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 30(2), 249-260.
10.1109/36.134075

Guinness, E.A., R.A. Arvidson, J.R. Irons, and D.J. Harding (1991). Surface scattering properties estimated from modeling airborne multiple emission angle reflectance data.. Geophys. Res. Letters, 18(11), 2051–2054.
10.1029/91GL02664

Irons, J.R., K.J. Ranson, D.L. Williams, R.R. Irish, and F.G. Huegel (1991). An off-nadir pointing imaging spectroradiometer for terrestrial ecosystem studies.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 29(1), 66-74.
10.1109/36.103294

Ranson, K.J., J.R. Irons, and C.S.T. Daughtry (1991). Surface albedo from bidirectional reflectance.. Remote Sens. Environ., 35(2-3), 201-211.
10.1016/0034-4257(91)90012-U

Irons, J.R., R.A. Weismiller, and G.W. Petersen (1989). Soil Reflectance In G. Asrar (Ed.), Theory and application of optical remote sensing (66 - 106). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York:

Irons, J.R., K.J. Ranson, and C.S.T. Daughtry (1988). Estimating Big Bluestem albedo from directional reflectance measurements.. Remote Sens. Environ., 25(2), 185-199.
10.1016/0034-4257(88)90100-9

Kestner, J.M., H.W. Leidecker, J.R. Irons, J.A. Smith, T.W. Brakke, and N.A. Horning (1988). Goniometric observations of light scattered from soils and leaves.. J. of Wave-Material Interaction, 3(2), 189-198.

Irons, J.R., B.L. Johnson, Jr., and G.H. Linebaugh (1987). Multiple angle observations of reflectance anisotropy from an airborne linear array sensor.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., GE-25(3), 372-383.
10.1109/TGRS.1987.289808

Irons, J.R., and R.L. Kennard (1986). The utility of Thematic Mapper sensor characteristics for surface mine monitoring.. Photo. Eng. and Remote Sensing, 52(3), 389-396.

Irons, J.R., B.L. Markham, R.F. Nelson, D.L. Toll, D.L. Williams, R.S. Latty, and M.L. Stauffer (1985). The effects of spatial resolution on the classification of Thematic Mapper data.. International J. of Remote Sensing, 6(8), 1385-1403.

Latty, R.S., R. Nelson, B. Markham, D. Williams, D. Toll, and J.R. Irons (1985). Performance comparisons between information extraction techniques using variable spatial resolution data.. Photo. Eng. and Remote Sensing, 51(9), 1459-1470.

Williams, D.L., J.R. Irons, B.L. Markham, R.F. Nelson, D.L. Toll, R.S. Latty, and M.L. Stauffer (1984). A statistical evaluation of the advantages of Landsat Thematic Mapper data in comparison to Multispectral Scanner data.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., GE-22(3), 294-302.
10.1109/TGRS.1984.350624

Imhoff, M.L., G.W. Petersen, and J.R. Irons (1982). Digital overlay of cartographic information on Landsat MSS data for soil surveys.. Photo. Eng. and Remote Sensing, 48(8), 1337-1342.

Irons, J.R., and M.L. Labovitz (1982). A data analytic approach to look angle radiance adjustment. J. of App. Photo. Eng., 8(3), 128-137.

Irons, J.R., and G.W. Petersen (1981). Texture transforms of remote sensing data.. Remote Sens. Environ., 11(5), 359-370.
10.1016/0034-4257(81)90033-X

Wharton, S.W., J.R. Irons, and F. Huegel (1981). LAPR: An experimental aircraft pushbroom scanner. Photo. Eng. and Remote Sensing, 47(5), 631-639.