Minwei Zhang is currently a senior scientist with SAIC in the Ocean Ecology Lab (616) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in support of the atmospheric correction of satellite ocean color data.
Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in cartography and geography information system from the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. His dissertation focused on the atmospheric correction of ocean color data from MODIS, MERIS and the 3-dimensional underwater radiative transfer simulation using Monte Carlo method.
Atmospheric correction of ocean color data
Retrieve water-leaving radiance from the total signal received by satellite or aiborne sensor.
Uncertainty propagation of the uncertainty through atmospheric correction
Propagate uncertainty from different sources through the atmospheric correction process, generating pixel-level uncertainty in level-2 ocean color products
NASA HBG Peer Awards for Scientific/Technical Support (2022)
Refereed
Zhang, M., A. Ibrahim, B. A. Franz, Z. Ahmad, and A. M. Sayer. 2022. "Estimating pixel-level uncertainty in ocean color retrievals from MODIS."
Optics Express,
30
(17):
31415
[10.1364/oe.460735]
Ibrahim, A., B. Franz, A. Sayer, et al. 2022. "Optimal Estimation Framework for Ocean Color Atmospheric Correction and Pixel-level Uncertainty Quantification."
Applied Optics,
Vol. 61 No. 20:
[10.1364/ao.461861]
Zhang, M., and C. Hu. 2020. "Evaluation of Remote Sensing Reflectance Derived From the Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument Observations Using POLYMER Atmospheric Correction."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
58
(8):
5764-5771
[10.1109/tgrs.2020.2969900]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, and B. B. Barnes. 2019. "Performance of POLYMER Atmospheric Correction of Ocean Color Imagery in the Presence of Absorbing Aerosols."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
1-9
[10.1109/tgrs.2019.2907884]
Shi, J., J. Jiao, Y. Lu, et al. 2018. "Determining spectral groups to distinguish oil emulsions from Sargassum over the Gulf of Mexico using an airborne imaging spectrometer."
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
146:
251-259
[10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.09.017]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, J. Cannizzaro, et al. 2018. "Comparison of two atmospheric correction approaches applied to MODIS measurements over North American waters."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
216:
442-455
[10.1016/j.rse.2018.07.012]
Wen, Y., M. Wang, Y. Lu, et al. 2018. "An alternative approach to determine critical angle of contrast reversal and surface roughness of oil slicks under sunglint."
International Journal of Digital Earth,
11
(9):
972-979
[10.1080/17538947.2018.1470687]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, M. G. Kowalewski, and S. J. Janz. 2018. "Atmospheric Correction of Hyperspectral GCAS Airborne Measurements Over the North Atlantic Ocean and Louisiana Shelf."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
56
(1):
168-179
[10.1109/tgrs.2017.2744323]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, J. Cannizzaro, M. G. Kowalewski, and S. J. Janz. 2018. "Diurnal changes of remote sensing reflectance over Chesapeake Bay: Observations from the Airborne Compact Atmospheric Mapper."
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,
200:
181-193
[10.1016/j.ecss.2017.10.021]
Zhang, M., I. Leifer, and C. Hu. 2017. "Challenges in Methane Column Retrievals from AVIRIS-NG Imagery over Spectrally Cluttered Surfaces: A Sensitivity Analysis."
Remote Sensing,
9
(8):
835
[10.3390/rs9080835]
Lu, Y., Y. Zhou, Y. Liu, et al. 2017. "Using remote sensing to detect the polarized sunglint reflected from oil slicks beyond the critical angle."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
122
(8):
6342-6354
[10.1002/2017jc012793]
Li, J., C. Hu, Q. Shen, et al. 2017. "Recovering low quality MODIS-Terra data over highly turbid waters through noise reduction and regional vicarious calibration adjustment: A case study in Taihu Lake."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
197:
72-84
[10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.027]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, M. G. Kowalewski, et al. 2017. "Atmospheric correction of hyperspectral airborne GCAS measurements over the Louisiana Shelf using a cloud shadow approach."
International Journal of Remote Sensing,
38
(4):
1162-1179
[10.1080/01431161.2017.1280633]
Zhang, Y., R. Ma, H. Duan, et al. 2016. "A novel MODIS algorithm to estimate chlorophyll a concentration in eutrophic turbid lakes."
Ecological Indicators,
69:
138-151
[10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.020]
Lu, Y., L. Li, C. Hu, et al. 2016. "Sunlight induced chlorophyll fluorescence in the near-infrared spectral region in natural waters: Interpretation of the narrow reflectance peak around 761 nm."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
121
(7):
5017-5029
[10.1002/2016jc011797]
Zhang, M., D. English, C. Hu, et al. 2016. "Short-term changes of remote sensing reflectancein a shallow-water environment: observations from repeated airborne hyperspectral measurements."
International Journal of Remote Sensing,
37
(7):
1620-1638
[10.1080/01431161.2016.1159746]
Lu, Y., S. Sun, M. Zhang, B. Murch, and C. Hu. 2016. "Refinement of the critical angle calculation for the contrast reversal of oil slicks under sunglint."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
121
(1):
148-161
[10.1002/2015jc011001]
Xue, K., Y. Zhang, H. Duan, et al. 2015. "A Remote Sensing Approach to Estimate Vertical Profile Classes of Phytoplankton in a Eutrophic Lake."
Remote Sensing,
7
(11):
14403-14427
[10.3390/rs71114403]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, D. English, et al. 2015. "Atmospheric Correction of AISA Measurements Over the Florida Keys Optically Shallow Waters: Challenges in Radiometric Calibration and Aerosol Selection."
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing,
8
(8):
4189-4196
[10.1109/jstars.2015.2437326]
Zhang, M., Q. Dong, T. Cui, and J. Ding. 2015. "Remote Sensing of Spatiotemporal Variation of Apparent Optical Properties in Bohai Sea."
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing,
8
(3):
1176-1183
[10.1109/jstars.2014.2380785]
Minwei Zhang, Ronghua Ma, Junsheng Li, Bing Zhang, and Hongtao Duan. 2014. "A Validation Study of an Improved SWIR Iterative Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for MODIS-Aqua Measurements in Lake Taihu, China."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
52
(8):
4686-4695
[10.1109/tgrs.2013.2283523]
Zhang, M., Q. Dong, T. Cui, C. Xue, and S. Zhang. 2014. "Suspended sediment monitoring and assessment for Yellow River estuary from Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
146:
136-147
[10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.033]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Dong, H. Duan, and Q. Shen. 2014. "Atmospheric correction of HJ-1 CCD imagery over turbid lake waters."
Optics Express,
22
(7):
7906
[10.1364/oe.22.007906]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Dong, and Q. Song. 2013. "A Real 3-D Monte Carlo Model for the Simulation of Radiative Transfer in Waters."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
51
(1):
28-37
[10.1109/tgrs.2012.2202397]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Song, and Q. Dong. 2010. "Backscattering ratio variation and its implications for studying particle composition: A case study in Yellow and East China seas."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
115
(C12):
C12014
[10.1029/2010jc006098]
Zhang, M., Q. Dong, J. Tang, and Q. Song. 2010. "Evaluation of the retrieval of total suspended matter concentration in Taihu Lake, China from CBERS-02B CCD."
Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,
28
(6):
1316-1322
[10.1007/s00343-010-9948-7]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Dong, Q. Song, and J. Ding. 2010. "Retrieval of total suspended matter concentration in the Yellow and East China Seas from MODIS imagery."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
114
(2):
392-403
[10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.016]
Refereed
Zhang, M., A. Ibrahim, B. A. Franz, Z. Ahmad, and A. M. Sayer. 2022. "Estimating pixel-level uncertainty in ocean color retrievals from MODIS."
Optics Express
30
(17):
31415
[10.1364/oe.460735]
Ibrahim, A., B. Franz, A. Sayer, et al. 2022. "Optimal Estimation Framework for Ocean Color Atmospheric Correction and Pixel-level Uncertainty Quantification."
Applied Optics
Vol. 61 No. 20
[10.1364/ao.461861]
Zhang, M., and C. Hu. 2020. "Evaluation of Remote Sensing Reflectance Derived From the Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument Observations Using POLYMER Atmospheric Correction."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
58
(8):
5764-5771
[10.1109/tgrs.2020.2969900]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, and B. B. Barnes. 2019. "Performance of POLYMER Atmospheric Correction of Ocean Color Imagery in the Presence of Absorbing Aerosols."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
1-9
[10.1109/tgrs.2019.2907884]
Shi, J., J. Jiao, Y. Lu, et al. 2018. "Determining spectral groups to distinguish oil emulsions from Sargassum over the Gulf of Mexico using an airborne imaging spectrometer."
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
146
251-259
[10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.09.017]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, J. Cannizzaro, et al. 2018. "Comparison of two atmospheric correction approaches applied to MODIS measurements over North American waters."
Remote Sensing of Environment
216
442-455
[10.1016/j.rse.2018.07.012]
Wen, Y., M. Wang, Y. Lu, et al. 2018. "An alternative approach to determine critical angle of contrast reversal and surface roughness of oil slicks under sunglint."
International Journal of Digital Earth
11
(9):
972-979
[10.1080/17538947.2018.1470687]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, M. G. Kowalewski, and S. J. Janz. 2018. "Atmospheric Correction of Hyperspectral GCAS Airborne Measurements Over the North Atlantic Ocean and Louisiana Shelf."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
56
(1):
168-179
[10.1109/tgrs.2017.2744323]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, J. Cannizzaro, M. G. Kowalewski, and S. J. Janz. 2018. "Diurnal changes of remote sensing reflectance over Chesapeake Bay: Observations from the Airborne Compact Atmospheric Mapper."
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
200
181-193
[10.1016/j.ecss.2017.10.021]
Zhang, M., I. Leifer, and C. Hu. 2017. "Challenges in Methane Column Retrievals from AVIRIS-NG Imagery over Spectrally Cluttered Surfaces: A Sensitivity Analysis."
Remote Sensing
9
(8):
835
[10.3390/rs9080835]
Lu, Y., Y. Zhou, Y. Liu, et al. 2017. "Using remote sensing to detect the polarized sunglint reflected from oil slicks beyond the critical angle."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
122
(8):
6342-6354
[10.1002/2017jc012793]
Li, J., C. Hu, Q. Shen, et al. 2017. "Recovering low quality MODIS-Terra data over highly turbid waters through noise reduction and regional vicarious calibration adjustment: A case study in Taihu Lake."
Remote Sensing of Environment
197
72-84
[10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.027]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, M. G. Kowalewski, et al. 2017. "Atmospheric correction of hyperspectral airborne GCAS measurements over the Louisiana Shelf using a cloud shadow approach."
International Journal of Remote Sensing
38
(4):
1162-1179
[10.1080/01431161.2017.1280633]
Zhang, Y., R. Ma, H. Duan, et al. 2016. "A novel MODIS algorithm to estimate chlorophyll a concentration in eutrophic turbid lakes."
Ecological Indicators
69
138-151
[10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.020]
Lu, Y., L. Li, C. Hu, et al. 2016. "Sunlight induced chlorophyll fluorescence in the near-infrared spectral region in natural waters: Interpretation of the narrow reflectance peak around 761 nm."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
121
(7):
5017-5029
[10.1002/2016jc011797]
Zhang, M., D. English, C. Hu, et al. 2016. "Short-term changes of remote sensing reflectancein a shallow-water environment: observations from repeated airborne hyperspectral measurements."
International Journal of Remote Sensing
37
(7):
1620-1638
[10.1080/01431161.2016.1159746]
Lu, Y., S. Sun, M. Zhang, B. Murch, and C. Hu. 2016. "Refinement of the critical angle calculation for the contrast reversal of oil slicks under sunglint."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
121
(1):
148-161
[10.1002/2015jc011001]
Xue, K., Y. Zhang, H. Duan, et al. 2015. "A Remote Sensing Approach to Estimate Vertical Profile Classes of Phytoplankton in a Eutrophic Lake."
Remote Sensing
7
(11):
14403-14427
[10.3390/rs71114403]
Zhang, M., C. Hu, D. English, et al. 2015. "Atmospheric Correction of AISA Measurements Over the Florida Keys Optically Shallow Waters: Challenges in Radiometric Calibration and Aerosol Selection."
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
8
(8):
4189-4196
[10.1109/jstars.2015.2437326]
Zhang, M., Q. Dong, T. Cui, and J. Ding. 2015. "Remote Sensing of Spatiotemporal Variation of Apparent Optical Properties in Bohai Sea."
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
8
(3):
1176-1183
[10.1109/jstars.2014.2380785]
Minwei Zhang, Ronghua Ma, Junsheng Li, Bing Zhang, and Hongtao Duan. 2014. "A Validation Study of an Improved SWIR Iterative Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for MODIS-Aqua Measurements in Lake Taihu, China."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
52
(8):
4686-4695
[10.1109/tgrs.2013.2283523]
Zhang, M., Q. Dong, T. Cui, C. Xue, and S. Zhang. 2014. "Suspended sediment monitoring and assessment for Yellow River estuary from Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery."
Remote Sensing of Environment
146
136-147
[10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.033]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Dong, H. Duan, and Q. Shen. 2014. "Atmospheric correction of HJ-1 CCD imagery over turbid lake waters."
Optics Express
22
(7):
7906
[10.1364/oe.22.007906]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Dong, and Q. Song. 2013. "A Real 3-D Monte Carlo Model for the Simulation of Radiative Transfer in Waters."
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
51
(1):
28-37
[10.1109/tgrs.2012.2202397]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Song, and Q. Dong. 2010. "Backscattering ratio variation and its implications for studying particle composition: A case study in Yellow and East China seas."
Journal of Geophysical Research
115
(C12):
C12014
[10.1029/2010jc006098]
Zhang, M., Q. Dong, J. Tang, and Q. Song. 2010. "Evaluation of the retrieval of total suspended matter concentration in Taihu Lake, China from CBERS-02B CCD."
Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
28
(6):
1316-1322
[10.1007/s00343-010-9948-7]
Zhang, M., J. Tang, Q. Dong, Q. Song, and J. Ding. 2010. "Retrieval of total suspended matter concentration in the Yellow and East China Seas from MODIS imagery."
Remote Sensing of Environment
114
(2):
392-403
[10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.016]
