William J. Blackwell

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2001-2023
Publications (10 Years): 29

Top Topics

Advanced Technology

Regression Algorithm

Top Venues

IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.

Publications

Adam B. Milstein, Joseph A. Santanello, William J. Blackwell
AI Enhancement to Resolve the Planetary Boundary Layer in AIRS/AMSU Retrievals. IGARSS (2023)
William J. Blackwell, Adam B. Milstein
Performance Analyses of Passive Microwave Atmospheric Sounding Approaches That Use Hyper-Spectral-Sampling and/or Multi-Angle-Sampling: Methods, Simulation Examples, and Pitfalls. IGARSS (2023)
Adam B. Milstein, Michael L. Pieper, Robert Vincent Leslie, William J. Blackwell
Tropics near Real Time Atmospheric Vertical Temperature and Water Vapor Profile Retrieval. IGARSS (2023)
Chris Kidd, Toshi Matsui, William J. Blackwell, Scott Braun, Robert Vincent Leslie, Zach Griffith
Precipitation Estimation from the NASA TROPICS Mission: Initial Retrievals and Validation. Remote. Sens. 14 (13) (2022)
William J. Blackwell
TECHNOLOGY MATURATION ACHIEVED THROUGH THE NASA TROPICS MISSION. IGARSS (2022)
William J. Blackwell, Andrew Cunningham, S. Donnelly, Robert Vincent Leslie, N. Zorn
The NASA Tropics Mission as a Pathfinder for Future LEO Microwave Sounders. IGARSS (2022)
John Xun Yang, Yalei You, William J. Blackwell, Quanhua (Mark) Liu, Ralph Ferraro, David W. Draper, Nigel Atkinson, Tim J. Hewison, Sidharth Misra, Jinzheng Peng
An Adaptive Calibration Window for Noise Reduction of Satellite Microwave Radiometers. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 60 (2022)
Angela Crews, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie, Michael S. Grant, Hu Yang, Kerri L. Cahoy
Correcting Calibration Drifts Using Solar and Lunar Intrusions for Miniaturized Microwave Radiometers. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 60 (2022)
John Xun Yang, Yalei You, William J. Blackwell, Sidharth Misra, Rachael A. Kroodsma
Quantifying and Characterizing Striping of Microwave Humidity Sounder With Observation and Simulation. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 60 (2022)
Edward J. Kim, Saji Abraham, Joel Amato, William J. Blackwell, Peter Cho, James Fuentes, Mark Hernquist, James Kam, Robert Vincent Leslie, Quanhua (Mark) Liu, Cheng-Hsuan Lyu, Taichien Mao, Idahosa A. Osaretin, Fabian Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Matthew Sammons, Craig K. Smith, Ninghai Sun, Hu Yang
An Evaluation of NOAA-20 ATMS Instrument Pre-Launch and On-Orbit Performance Characterization. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 60 (2022)
William J. Blackwell
New Measurements of Cloud Ice and Snow at 205 Ghz from the Nasa Tropics Pathfinder Mission. IGARSS (2022)
Robert Vincent Leslie, William J. Blackwell, Michael DiLiberto
Radiometer Calibration for the NASA Tropics Cubesat Mission. IGARSS (2021)
William J. Blackwell
NASA Tropics Pathfinder and Constellation Mission Preparations for Launches in 2021 and 2022. IGARSS (2021)
Angela Crews, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie, Michael S. Grant, Idahosa A. Osaretin, Michael DiLiberto, Adam B. Milstein, Stephen Leroy, Amelia Gagnon, Kerri L. Cahoy
Initial Radiance Validation of the Microsized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite-2A. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 59 (4) (2021)
Philip W. Rosenkranz, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie
Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry. Remote. Sens. 12 (2) (2020)
William J. Blackwell
The Nasa Tropics Mission as a Pathfinder for Future Operational Earth Observing Systems. IGARSS (2020)
Robert Vincent Leslie, William J. Blackwell, Andrew Cunningham, Michael DiLiberto, James Eshbaugh, Idahosa A. Osaretin
Pre-Launch Calibration of the Nasa Tropics Constellation Mission. IGARSS (2020)
Derek Houtz, William J. Blackwell, Adriano Camps, William J. Emery, Albin J. Gasiewski, Axel Murk
Development of an IEEE Standard for Calibration of Microwave Radiometers. IGARSS (2019)
William J. Blackwell
Technology Evolution to Enable High-Performance Cubesat Radiometry Missions. IGARSS (2019)
William J. Blackwell
Design and Performance of the Tropics Radiometer Components. IGARSS (2018)
Chinnawat Surussavadee, William J. Blackwell, Dara Entekhabi, Robert Vincent Leslie
Precipitation Retrieval Accuracies of the Tropics Constellation of Passive Microwave Cubesats. IGARSS (2018)
William J. Blackwell
Tropics: A Distributed Spacecraft Mission for Studying Tropical Storms. IGARSS (2018)
Jasmeet Judge, Liese van Zee, William J. Blackwell, Sandra Cruz-Pol, Todd Gaier, Namir Kassim, David Le Vine, Amy Lovell, James Moran, Scott Ransom, Gabriel M. Rebeiz, Paul Siqueira
Potential impacts of WRC-2019 agenda items on scientific services. IGARSS (2017)
Weitong Ruan, Adam B. Milstein, William J. Blackwell, Eric L. Miller
Multiple output Gaussian process regression algorithm for multi-frequency scattered data interpolation. IGARSS (2017)
William J. Blackwell
An overview of the NASA tropics earth venture mission. IGARSS (2017)
William J. Blackwell
Radiometer development for small satellite microwave atmospheric remote sensing. IGARSS (2017)
Weitong Ruan, Adam B. Milstein, William J. Blackwell, Eric L. Miller
A Probabilistic Analysis of Positional Errors on Satellite Remote Sensing Data Using Scattered Interpolation. IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett. 14 (6) (2017)
Weitong Ruan, Adam B. Milstein, William J. Blackwell, Eric L. Miller
On the Use of Gaussian Random Processes for Probabilistic Interpolation of CubeSat Data in the Presence of Geolocation Error. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. 9 (6) (2016)
Anne D. Marinan, Kerri L. Cahoy, Rebecca L. Bishop, Susan Seto Lui, James R. Bardeen, Tamitha Mulligan, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie, Idahosa A. Osaretin, Michael Shields
Assessment of Radiometer Calibration With GPS Radio Occultation for the MiRaTA CubeSat Mission. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. 9 (12) (2016)
Kerri L. Cahoy, Anne D. Marinan, Weston Marlow, Timothy Cordeiro, William J. Blackwell, Rebecca L. Bishop, Neal Erickson
Development of the Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA) CubeSat for all-weather atmospheric sounding. IGARSS (2015)
Weitong Ruan, Adam B. Milstein, William J. Blackwell, Eric L. Miller
Estimation theoretic methods for cubesat data interpolation in the presence of geolocation errors. IGARSS (2015)
William J. Blackwell, Rebecca L. Bishop, Kerri L. Cahoy, Brian Cohen, Clayton Crail, Lidia Cucurull, Pratik K. Dave, Michael DiLiberto, Neal Erickson, Chad Fish, Shu-peng Ho, Robert Vincent Leslie, Adam B. Milstein, Idahosa A. Osaretin
Radiometer Calibration Using Colocated GPS Radio Occultation Measurements. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 52 (10) (2014)
William J. Blackwell, Adam B. Milstein
A Neural Network Retrieval Technique for High-Resolution Profiling of Cloudy Atmospheres. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. 7 (4) (2014)
William J. Blackwell, Kerri L. Cahoy
Small Satellite Constellations for Data Driven Atmospheric Remote Sensing. DyDESS (2014)
William J. Blackwell, Adam B. Milstein, Bradley T. Zavodsky, Clay B. Blankenship
Neural Network Estimation of Atmospheric Thermodynamic State for Weather Forecasting Applications. HCI (25) (2014)
Zuoyu Tao, William J. Blackwell, David H. Staelin
Error Variance Estimation for Individual Geophysical Parameter Retrievals. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 51 (3-2) (2013)
Robert Vincent Leslie, William J. Blackwell, Kent Anderson, Edward J. Kim, F. Weng
S-NPP advanced technology microwave sounder: Reflector emissivity model, mitigation, & verification. IGARSS (2013)
Gyanesh Chander, Tim J. Hewison, Nigel P. Fox, Xiangqian Wu, Xiaoxiong Xiong, William J. Blackwell
Overview of Intercalibration of Satellite Instruments. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 51 (3-1) (2013)
Gyanesh Chander, Tim J. Hewison, Nigel P. Fox, Xiangqian Wu, Xiaoxiong Xiong, William J. Blackwell
Foreword to the Special Issue on Intercalibration of Satellite Instruments. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 51 (3-1) (2013)
William J. Blackwell, Michael DiLiberto, Robert Vincent Leslie, Adam B. Milstein, Idahosa A. Osaretin, B. S. Cohen, Pratik K. Dave, Kerri L. Cahoy
Earth limb calibration of scanning spaceborne microwave radiometers. IGARSS (2013)
William J. Blackwell, Ian Adams, Adriano Camps, David Kunkee
Foreword to the Special Issue on Radio Frequency Interference: Identification, Mitigation, and Impact Assessment. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 51 (10) (2013)
William J. Blackwell, G. Allen, Christopher J. Galbraith, Robert Vincent Leslie, Idahosa A. Osaretin, B. Reid, Michael Scarito, Michael Shields, E. Thompson, D. Toher, D. Townzen, Kerri L. Cahoy, David W. Miller
Preparations for the MicroMAS CubeSat mission. IGARSS (2013)
Chinnawat Surussavadee, William J. Blackwell, Dara Entekhabi, Robert Vincent Leslie
A global Precipitation retrieval algorithm for Suomi NPP ATMS. IGARSS (2012)
William J. Blackwell, G. Allen, Christopher J. Galbraith, Timothy M. Hancock, Robert Vincent Leslie, Idahosa A. Osaretin, L. Retherford, Michael Scarito, C. Semisch, Michael Shields, M. Silver, D. Toher, K. Wight, David W. Miller, Kerri L. Cahoy, Neal Erickson
Nanosatellites for earth environmental monitoring: The MicroMAS project. IGARSS (2012)
Antonio Plaza, José M. Bioucas-Dias, Anita Simic, William J. Blackwell
Foreword to the Special Issue on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. 5 (2) (2012)
William J. Blackwell, Christopher J. Galbraith, Timothy M. Hancock, Robert Vincent Leslie, Idahosa A. Osaretin, Michael Shields, Paul Racette, Lawrence Hilliard
Design and analysis of a hyperspectral microwave receiver subsystem. IGARSS (2012)
Xu Liu, Susan Kizer, Chris Barnet, Murty Divakarla, Degui Gu, Daniel K. Zhou, Allen M. Larar, Xiaozhen Xiong, Guang Guo, Nicholas R. Nalli, Antonia Gambacorta, Michael Wilson, William J. Blackwell, Lihang Zhou, Xia Ma, Mitchell D. Goldberg, Dave Tobin
Retrieving atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from SUOMI NPP CrIS/ATMS sensors using CrIMSS EDR algorithm. IGARSS (2012)
Murty Divakarla, Chris Barnet, Mitchell D. Goldberg, Degui Gu, Xu Liu, Xiaozhen Xiong, Susan Kizer, Guang Guo, Mike Wilson, Eric S. Maddy, Nicholas R. Nalli, Antonia Gambacorta, Tom King, Xia Ma, William J. Blackwell
Evaluation of CrIMSS operational products using in-situ measurements, model analysis fields, and retrieval products from heritage algorithms. IGARSS (2012)
William J. Blackwell
Neural network Jacobian analysis for high-resolution profiling of the atmosphere. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2012 (2012)
William J. Blackwell, Michael L. Pieper, Zuoyu Tao
Neural network estimation of atmospheric profiles using AIRS/AMSU observations: Improved uncertainty assessments. IGARSS (2011)
William J. Blackwell, Laura J. Bickmeier, Robert Vincent Leslie, Michael L. Pieper, Jenna E. Samra, Chinnawat Surussavadee, Carolyn A. Upham
Hyperspectral Microwave Atmospheric Sounding. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 49 (1-1) (2011)
William J. Blackwell, Lynn Chidester, Edward J. Kim, Robert Vincent Leslie, C.-H. Joseph Lyu, Tsan Mo
NPP ATMS prelaunch performance assessment and Sensor Data Record validation. IGARSS (2011)
Robert Vincent Leslie, William J. Blackwell, Michael DiLiberto, Mark Tolman
NPP ATMS sensor model using fractional Brownian motion and thermal vacuum data. IGARSS (2011)
William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie, Michael L. Pieper, Jenna E. Samra
Improved all-weather atmospheric sounding using hyperspectral microwave observations. IGARSS (2010)
Jenna E. Samra, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie
Spatial filtering and resampling of multi-resolution microwave sounder observations. IGARSS (2010)
Susan Kizer, Xu Liu, Allen M. Larar, William L. Smith, Daniel K. Zhou, Chris Barnet, Murty Divakarla, Guang Guo, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie, Laura G. Jairam, Karen St. Jermain
Porting and testing NPOESS CrIMSS EDR algorithms. IGARSS (2010)
Robert Vincent Leslie, Laura J. Bickmeier, William J. Blackwell, Laura G. Jairam, Frederick W. Chen
Improved Simulation Methodology for Retrieval of Convective Precipitation from Spaceborne Passive Microwave Measurements. IGARSS (1) (2008)
William J. Blackwell, Frederick W. Chen, Laura G. Jairam, Michael L. Pieper
Neural Network Estimation of Atmospheric Profiles Using AIRS/IASI/AMSU Data in the Presence of Clouds. IGARSS (1) (2008)
Laura G. Jairam, Laura J. Bickmeier, William J. Blackwell, Robert Vincent Leslie, Frederick W. Chen
Radiometric Validation of Microwave Satellite Instruments Using the Npoess Aircraft Sounder Testbed-Microwave (NAST-M) Sensor. IGARSS (2) (2008)
Frederick W. Chen, William J. Blackwell
Atmospheric Thermodynamic Profiling with Neural Networks. IJCNN (2007)
William J. Blackwell, Frederick W. Chen, Laura G. Jairam
Combined microwave and hyperspectral infrared retrievals of atmospheric profiles in the presence of clouds using nonlinear stochastic methods. IGARSS (2007)
Frederick W. Chen, Laura J. Bickmeier, William J. Blackwell, Laura G. Jairam, Robert Vincent Leslie
Neural network retrieval of precipitation using NPOESS microwave sensors. IGARSS (2007)
William J. Blackwell
A neural-network technique for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from high spectral resolution sounding data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 43 (11) (2005)
William J. Blackwell
Neural network retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from cloud-cleared AIRS/AMSU radiances. IGARSS (2004)
Robert Vincent Leslie, William J. Blackwell, Philip W. Rosenkranz, David H. Staelin
183-GHz and 425-GHz passive microwave spectrometers on the NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed-Microwave (NAST-M). IGARSS (2003)
William J. Blackwell
Retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture pro .les from hyperspectral sounding data using a projected principal components transform and a neural network. IGARSS (2003)
William J. Blackwell, David H. Staelin
Cloud flagging and clearing using high-resolution infrared and microwave sounding data. IGARSS (2002)
William J. Blackwell, David H. Staelin
Analysis of cloud impact on infrared and microwave atmospheric sounding performance using NAST. IGARSS (2002)
William J. Blackwell, John W. Barrett, Frederick W. Chen, Robert Vincent Leslie, Philip W. Rosenkranz, Michael J. Schwartz, David H. Staelin
NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed-Microwave (NAST-M): instrument description and initial flight results. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 39 (11) (2001)