A paper we submitted to the Remote Sensing journal was just published in a special issue titled Thermal Remote Sensing Applications: Present Status and Future Possibilities . The title of the paper is Simulation of Image Performance Characteristics of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) and it outlines how we have been working with NASA and USGS to model Level-0 style data products to evaluate system performance including image registration, MTF, jitter, etc. for the next generation Landsat satellite (what will be referred to as "Landsat 8" when it is launched in early 2013). The article also explores how some proposed on-orbit calibration procedures might perform by modeling the data that could be collected using the detailed system description that has been constructed with NASA and the payload contractors over the past two years. The paper is currently "open access" and free to download.
A blog about the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Image Generation (DIRSIG) model featuring posts contributed by the developers. This is not a user manual and it is not a training class. But, it is a place to see what the developers are doing and a little about how we do it. So think of this as a place to learn cool tips, tricks, etc.