Gerhard Meister
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About
Gerhard Meister is a leading expert in satellite remote sensing, specializing in the radiometric calibration of Earth-observing instruments and their applications to ocean color and aerosol retrieval. His research has been instrumental in ensuring the accuracy and long-term consistency of data from flagship NASA sensors, including MODIS Terra and Aqua, SeaWiFS, and the Suomi NPP VIIRS instrument. Meister's most influential work, cited over 140 times, examines how improvements to MODIS Terra's radiometric calibration directly enhanced the quality of aerosol optical depth retrievals through the Deep Blue algorithm — a critical advancement for atmospheric science and climate monitoring. His widely recognized contributions to lunar-based cross-calibration techniques, explored across multiple studies totaling over 100 additional citations, established robust methods for harmonizing data across different satellite platforms over their operational lifetimes. He also played a key role within NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group, developing independent calibration approaches for VIIRS to support reliable ocean color science. Collectively, Meister's work addresses one of remote sensing's most fundamental challenges: maintaining sub-percent radiometric stability across decades-long satellite records. His research directly underpins climate data records used by scientists worldwide to monitor oceans, aerosols, and atmospheric composition.
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- 5Uncertainty assessment of the SeaWiFS on-orbit calibration25 citations · 2011
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