Education

• Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Colorado, 1995. Thesis: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Emission Spectroscopy of Planetary Surfaces.

• B.S., Geological Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, University of Texas, 1986.

Professional Experience

Brad Henderson is currently a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory in ISR-2, Space and Remote Sensing Sciences. He began his remote sensing career at the University of Colorado where he worked on problems in thermal-infrared remote sensing of planetary surfaces, including directional variations, polarization, and near-surface thermal gradients and their effects on compositional interpretation. Brad left CU to be a post-doc at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to work on problems in visible and thermal-infrared remote sensing of Earth. His work there dealt mainly with the MTI satellite, including sensor modeling, image registration, directional variations in spectral emissivity of land and water surfaces, and sun photometry for measuring aerosol opacity and deriving aerosol size distributions. Brad left LANL to work at DigitalGlobe, a commercial remote sensing company in Colorado. While at DigitalGlobe, Brad was in charge of radiometric calibration of QuickBird, a high-resolution spaceborne multispectral imager. He also spent time working on geometric calibration and focus assessment using images of the stars. Brad left DigitalGlobe to return to Los Alamos. He is currently working on aerosol retrieval algorithms, sun photometry, emission polarization, and chemical (solid and gas) identification from multi- and hyperspectral imagery.

Research Interests

• Physics and techniques of remote sensing

• Aerosol retrieval and atmospheric compensation of satellite imagery
• Sensor modeling and calibration
• Atmospheric radiative transfer
• Thermal-infrared emissivity of geologic materials
• Planetary science

Related publications

• Chylek, P., B. G. Henderson, and M. Mishchenko, "Satellite-based retrieval of aerosol optical thickness: The effect of sun and satellite geometry," Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(11), 1553-1556, 2003.

• Henderson, B. G., and P. Chylek, "Comparison of a double-view and a single-view aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithm," Proc. SPIE, 5157, 116-123, 2003.
• Chylek, P., B. G. Henderson, and M. Mishchenko, "Aerosol radiative forcing and the accuracy of the satellite aerosol optical depth retrieval," J. Geophys. Res., 108(D24), 4764-4771, 2003.
• Chylek, P., B. G. Henderson, and G. Lesins, "Aerosol optical depth retrieval over the NASA Stennis Space Center: MTI, MODIS, and AERONET," IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Remote Sens., 43(9), 1978-1983, 2005.
• Henderson, B. G. and P. Chylek, "The effect of spatial resolution on satellite aerosol optical depth retrieval," IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Remote Sens., 43(9), 1984-1990, 2005.
• Porch, W. M., S. C. Olsen, P. Chylek, M. K. Dubey, B. G. Henderson, and W. Clodius, "Satellite and surface observations of Nauru island clouds: Differences between El Nino and La Nina periods," submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005.
• Henderson, B. G., P. Chylek, W. M. Porch, and M. K. Dubey, "Satellite remote sensing of aerosols generated by the island of Nauru," submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2005.