Matthew Montanaro

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Student Information

Program of Study
Imaging Science
Graduation Year
2009
Research Experience
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory - physics radiometry modeling of mechanical draft cooling towers to assist in the determination of their absolute temperature from remotely-sensed thermal imagery. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy through Dr. Alfred Garrett of the Savannah River National Laboratory.
High School Attended
Aquinas Institute, Rochester, NY
Previous Degree
B.S. Physics from Rochester Institute of Technology
Post-Graduation Employment/Graduate School
Thermal Engineer/Scientist at Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) working at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, MD in support of the calibration and validation of the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument on board the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).
Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor
Carl Salvaggio, Ph.D.

Research Details

Research Interests
Remote Sensing, Thermal radiometry, Thermal imaging, Physics modeling, Image exploitation

Personal Information

Contact Information
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
54 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623
email: mxm9876@cis.rit.edu
office: 76-3206
Title and Degrees
Ph.D. Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 2009
B.S. Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 2005

Job Responsibilities

Details
Model the radiometry of mechanical draft cooling towers (MDCT) at longwave infrared wavelengths to help determine their temperature from thermal imagery. This involves modeling the radiometric environment in and around the cooling tower and using these physics-based models to predict the temperature of the towers. These predicted temperatures are compared to temperatures that are extraction from a thermal image of the cooling towers.

Publications

THESES

    Montanaro, M., Radiometric modeling of mechanical draft cooling towers to assist in the extraction of their absolute temperature from remote thermal imagery, Ph.D. Dissertation, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States, May (2009)

    Montanaro, M., Radiometric Modeling Of Mechanical Draft Cooling Towers To Assist In The Extraction Of Their Absolute Temperature From Remote Thermal Imagery, Ph.D. Dissertation, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States (2008)


REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

    Schott, J.R.; Gerace, A.D.; Brown, S.D.; Gartley, M.G.; Montanaro, M.; Reuter, Simulation of Image Performance Characteristics of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), Remote Sensing, 4, pp. 2477-2491 (2012)


REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Raqueno, R.V.; Kremens, R.L.; Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Gelein, R., Humidity effects on thermal atmospheric transmission: Study of potential effects of small hygroscopic aerosol particles in the longwave infrared region, Proceedings of IEEE, IGARRS 2008, Sensors and Platforms: Passive Optical and Hyperspectral Sensors, Optical Technologies, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, July (2008)


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Schott, J.R.; Gerace, A.D.; Montanaro, M., Simulation of the Performance and Image Quality Characteristics of the Landsat OLI and TIRS Sensors Using DIRSIG , SPIE, SPIE Remote Sensing, Eninburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, September (2012)

    Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Brown, S.D.; Messinger, D.W.; Garrett, A.J.; Bollinger, J.S., Radiometric modeling of mechanical draft cooling towers to assist in the extraction of their absolute temperature from remote thermal imagery, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Thermosense XXXI, Infrared Sensors and Systems, 7299, 8, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2009)

    Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Messinger, D.W.; Brown, S.D.; Garrett, A.J., Apparent temperature dependence on localized atmospheric water vapor, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIV, 6966, 696618, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 1505-1516, April (2008)

    Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Brown, S.D.; Messinger, D.W.; Goodenough, A.A.; Garrett, A.J.; Villa-Aleman, E., Radiometric modeling of cavernous targets to assist in the determination of absolute temperature for input to process models, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIII, 6565, 656511, doi:10.1117/12.718666, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 656511/1-656511/10, April (2007)


CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (NO PROCEEDINGS)

    Montanaro, M.; Gerace, A.D.; Reuter; Schott, J.R., Image Quality Predictions through the Use of Data-Driven Simulations for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, ASPRS, 18th William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium, Herndon, Virginia, United States, November (2011)