Julia Barsi is currently the lead of the Code 618 Calibration Laboratories, which includes the Radiometric Calibration Lab (RCL), the Diffuser Calibration Lab (DCL) and the Goddard Laser for Absolute Measurement of Radiance (GLAMR). She previously worked as the Science Manager for the GLAMR and a radiometric calibration analyst for the Landsat calibration team.
Julia A Barsi
(RESEARCH AST, OPTICAL PHYSICS)
| Email: | julia.a.barsi@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6667 |
| Org Code: | 618 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 618 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Lead of Code 618 Calibration Laboratories
NASA - NASA/GSFC
September 2023 - Present
Code 618 Calibration Laboratories include the Radiometric Calibration Lab (RCL), the Diffuser Calibration Lab (DCL) and the Goddard Laser for Absolute Measurement of Radiance (GLAMR).
Landsat Radiometric Calibration Analyst
SSAI - NASA/GSFC Code 618
January 2000 - September 2023
GLAMR Science Manager
SSAI - NASA/GSFC Code 618
November 2019 - September 2023
Radiometric Calibration Laboratory Science Manager
SSAI - NASA/GSFC Code 618
April 2022 - September 2023
Education
B.S. in Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, 1997
Senior Project: The Generation of a Geographic Information System Database in Support of Great Lakes Studies
M.S. in Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, 2000
Masters Thesis: MISI and ETM+: Thermal Calibration and Atmospheric Correction
Awards
2023 NASA Honor Award, Group Achievement Award – GLAMR Team
2022 Robert H. Goddard Award – JPSS-2 Instrument and Imagery Cal & Val Teams
2022 Robert H. Goddard Award – Landsat CalVal Support
2021 Robert H. Goddard Award – Landsat-9 Project
2021 SSAI Group Achievement Award – Landsat CalVal Support
2019 NASA Honor Award, Silver Achievement Medal – Landsat-9 GLAMR Team
2019 SSAI Performance Award (June and September)
2013 Robert H. Goddard Award – Landsat Calibration/Validation Team
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Landsat 9 Transfer to Orbit of Pre-Launch Absolute Calibration of Operational Land Imager (OLI)." Remote Sensing 16 (8): 1360 [10.3390/rs16081360] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Uncertainty budget for detector-based absolute radiometric calibration with GLAMR." Applied Optics 63 (12): 3015 [10.1364/ao.519586] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Prelaunch Spectral Characterization of the Operational Land Imager-2." Remote Sensing 16 (6): 981 [10.3390/rs16060981] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "An inter-comparison exercise of Sentinel-2 radiometric validations assessed by independent expert groups." Remote Sensing of Environment 233 111369 [10.1016/j.rse.2019.111369] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Observations and Recommendations for the Calibration of Landsat 8 OLI and Sentinel 2 MSI for Improved Data Interoperability." Remote Sensing 10 (9): 1340 [10.3390/rs10091340] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Landsat Program." Comprehensive Remote Sensing 1 27–90 [Book]
2016. "Continuous calibration improvement in solar reflective bands: Landsat 5 through Landsat 8." Remote Sensing of Environment 185 7-15 [10.1016/j.rse.2016.07.032] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Landsat 9: status and plans." Earth Observing Systems XXI [10.1117/12.2238658] [Proceedings]
2016. "Landsat-7 ETM+ radiometric calibration status." Earth Observing Systems XXI [10.1117/12.2238625] [Proceedings]
2016. "Spectral Response Characterization of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager." GSICS quarterly 10 (1): 3-4 [10.7289/V5222RSK] [Newsletter]
2015. "Landsat 8: status and on-orbit performance." Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIX [10.1117/12.2194905] [Proceedings]
2015. "Radiometric calibration and stability of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI)." Earth Observing Systems XX [10.1117/12.2188412] [Proceedings]
2015. "Operational Land Imager relative radiometric calibration." Earth Observing Systems XX [10.1117/12.2188555] [Proceedings]
2015. "Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) Radiometric Performance On-Orbit." Remote Sensing 7 (2): 2208-2237 [10.3390/rs70202208] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager Radiometric Calibration and Stability." Remote Sens. 6 (12): 12,275-12,308 [10.3390/rs61212275] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Landsat-8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Vicarious Radiometric Calibration." Remote Sensing 6 (11): 11607-11626 [10.3390/rs61111607] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "The Spectral Response of the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager." Remote Sensing 6 (10): 10232-10251 [10.3390/rs61010232] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Landsat and Thermal Infrared Imaging (Chapter 9)." Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing: Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing 17 177-198 [10.1007/978-94-007-6639-6] [Article in Book]
2012. "The Next Landsat Satellite: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission." Remote Sensing of Environment [10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.026] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Thermal Infrared Radiometric Calibration of the Entire Landsat 4, 5, and 7 Archive (1982-2010)." Remote Sensing of Environment [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Landsat-7 ETM+: 12 years On-Orbit Reflective-Band Radiometric Performance." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50 (5): 2056-2062 [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Calibration of Landsat 5 Thermal Infrared Channel: updated calibration history and assessment of the errors associated with the methodology." Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 36 (5): 617-630 [10.5589/m10-084] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Updated radiometric calibration for the Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper reflective bands." IEEE Transactions On Geosciences and Remote Sensing 46 3309-3325 [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Revised Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper Radiometric Calibration." IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 4 (3): 490-494 [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper Thermal Band Calibration Update." IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 4 (4): 552-555 [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Landsat-7 Long-Term Acquisition Plan Radiometry - Evolution Over Time." Photogramm Eng Remote Sens 72 (10): 1129-1135 [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Landsat-7 ETM+ On-Orbit Reflective-Band radiometric characterization." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 42 (12): 2796-2809 [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "In-flight validation and recovery of water surface temperature with Landsat-5 thermal infrared data using an automated high-altitude lake validation site at Lake Tahoe." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 42 (12): 2767-2776 [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Landsat-7 ETM+ On-orbit reflective-band radiometric stability and absolute calibration." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 42 (12): 2767-2776 [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2023. "The JPSS-3 VIIRS version 2 at-launch relative spectral response characterization." Earth Observing Systems XXVIII [10.1117/12.2677674] [Proceedings]
2023. "Landsat 8 decade of on-orbit operation summary of events and current state." Earth Observing Systems XXVIII [10.1117/12.2678051] [Proceedings]
2023. "Spectral and radiometric performance of the Goddard laser for absolute measurement of radiance." Earth Observing Systems XXVIII [10.1117/12.2678195] [Proceedings]
2023. "GSFC Calibration Laboratory capabilities and future plans overview." Earth Observing Systems XXVIII [10.1117/12.2681380] [Proceedings]
2022. "Radiometric performance of the Landsat 9 Operational Land Imager over the first 8 months on orbit." Earth Observing Systems XXVII [10.1117/12.2634301] [Proceedings]
2022. "Early radiometric performance of Landsat-9 Thermal Infrared Sensor." Earth Observing Systems XXVII [10.1117/12.2634058] [Proceedings]
2020. "Landsat 9 Mission update and status." Earth Observing Systems XXV 11501 (O): 1-8 [10.1117/12.2569748] [Proceedings]
2019. "The Operational Land Imager-2: prelaunch spectral characterization." Earth Observing Systems XXIV [10.1117/12.2529776] [Proceedings]
2019. "First Results from Laser-Based Spectral Characterization of Landsat 9 Operational Land Imager-2." IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium [10.1109/igarss.2019.8898508] [Proceedings]
2019. "Landsat 9: Mission Status and Prelaunch Instrument Performance Characterization and Calibration." IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium [10.1109/igarss.2019.8898362] [Proceedings]
2018. "Landsat-8 on-orbit and Landsat-9 pre-launch sensor radiometric characterization." Earth Observing Missions and Sensors: Development, Implementation, and Characterization V [10.1117/12.2324715] [Proceedings]
2018. "Spectral testing of the Landsat-9 OLI-2 instrument using the Goddard Laser Absolute Measurement of Radiance (GLAMR)." Earth Observing Systems XXIII [10.1117/12.2321192] [Proceedings]
2011. "Landsat Data Continuity Mission Operational Land Imager Thermal In-frared Sensor performance." Proceedings of SPIE 8153 81530D-81530D-7 [10.1117/12.895542] [Proceedings]
2008. "Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Recalibration Procedure for Data Processed using the National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS)." IGARSS 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 4 IV-1360 - IV-1363 [10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779984] [Other]
2008. "Refinement of the Method for using Pseudo-Invariant Sites for Long Term Calibration Trending of Landsat Reflective Bands." Proc IGARSS [Other]
2007. "Radiometric calibration status of Landsat-7 and Landsat-5." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6744 12 pp [Other]
2006. "Evalution of the Landsat-5 TM Radiometric Calibration History using Desert Test Sites." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6361 10 pp [10.1117/12.690065] [Proceedings]
2006. "Radiometric Calibration Stability of the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager: 5 Years On-Orbit." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6361 12 pp [Other]
2005. "Landsat-4 and Landsat-5 thematic mapper band 6 historical performance and calibration." Proc SPIE 5882 (588206): 53-64 [Other]