Ms. Michelle L. Aten Profile

Michelle L. Aten

Associate Director at Univ of Mississippi

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Proceedings Article | 4 November 2004 Paper

Stable band set selection for the preprocessing of AVIRIS and Hyperion hyperspectral data

Michelle Aten, Lance Yarbrough, Gregory Easson

Proceedings Volume 5570, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568134

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Short wave infrared radiation, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric sensing, Data centers, Satellites, Atmospheric corrections, Absorption, Signal to noise ratio, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 8 April 2003 Paper

GeoSpatial Workforce Development: enhancing the traditional learning environment in geospatial information technology

Pamela Lawhead, Michelle Aten

Proceedings Volume 4881, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462920

KEYWORDS: Remote sensing, Data modeling, Information technology, Sensors, Geographic information systems, Microwave radiation, LIDAR, Space operations, Environmental sensing, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 8 April 2003 Paper

Redefining nondiscriminatory access to remote sensing imagery and its impact on global transparency

Michelle Aten

Proceedings Volume 4881, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.464224

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Remote sensing, Satellite imaging, Landsat, Earth observing sensors, Transparency, Satellite communications, Meteorological satellites, Reconnaissance, Camera shutters

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Global transparency is founded on the Open Skies philosophy and its precept of non-discriminatory access. Global transparency implies that anyone can have anytime, anyplace access to a wide-array of remotely sensed imagery. The custom of non-discriminatory access requires that datasets of interest must be affordable, usable, and obtainable in a timely fashion devoid of political, economic or technical obstacles. Thus, an assessment of the correlation between the availability of satellite imagery and changes in governmental policies, pricing fluctuations of data, and advances in technology is critical to assessing the viability of global transparency. The Open Skies philosophy was originally proposed at the 1955 Geneva Summit to advocate mutually beneficial aerial reconnaissance missions over the USSR and the US as a verification tool for arms control and non-proliferation agreements. However, due to Cold War tensions, this philosophy and the custom of non-discriminatory were not widely adopted in the civilian remote sensing community until the commissioning of the Landsat Program in 1972. Since this time, commercial high-resolution satellites have drastically changed the circumstances on which the fundamental tenets of this philosophy are based. Since the successful launch of the first of this satellite class, the IKONOS satellite, high-resolution imagery is now available to non-US governments and an unlimited set of non-state actors. As more advanced capabilities are added to the growing assortment of remote sensing satellites, the reality of global transparency will rapidly evolve. This assessment includes an overview of historical precedents and a brief explanation of relevant US policy decisions that define non-discriminatory access with respect to US government and US based corporate assets. It also presents the dynamics of the political, economic, and technical barriers that may dictate or influence the remote sensing community's access to satellite data. In conclusion, this analysis considers strategies for balancing the dual-use nature of hyperspectral and high-resolution satellite imagery and discusses the potential impact of these policies on gloal transparency.

Proceedings Article | 12 December 2001 Paper

Assessment of the impact of proprietary hardware and software requirements for ground receiving stations

Michelle Aten

Proceedings Volume 4540, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450703

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Remote sensing, Data acquisition, Satellite communications, Licensing, Manufacturing, Control systems, Satellite imaging, Data processing, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 February 2001 Paper

Assessment of the U.S. policy of shutter control and its impact on U.S. commercial remote sensing firms

Michelle Aten, Mark Hover

Proceedings Volume 4169, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417144

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Remote sensing, Satellites, Satellite imaging, Earth observing sensors, Satellite communications, Licensing, Computer security, Defense and security, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 28 December 1999 Paper

Landsat 7 processing software and data dissemination policy issues

Michelle Aten

Proceedings Volume 3870, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373225

KEYWORDS: Landsat, Remote sensing, Satellites, Satellite communications, Software development, Data processing, Satellite imaging, Earth observing sensors, Sensors, Agriculture

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