Dr. Bin Tan received his B.S. and M.S. from Peking University and his Ph.D. from Boston University majored in Remote Sensing. His Ph.D. research focused on impact of uncertainties on assessment and validation of MODIS LAI products. Dr Tan also maintained and developed MODIS landcover and phenology algorithm during his Post Doc at Boston University.
Dr. Tan started to support Code619 from 2007 and now he is a senior support scientist at Sigma Space Corp. Inc. He works on multiple projects including monitoring global urbanization, image navigation and registration evaluation for GOES-R, at launch sensor test evaluation for VIIRS, and upgrade geolocaiton operational algorithm for VIIRS.
Land Cover and Land Cover Dynamics
Land Cover Change Detection
Algorithm development for vegetation remote sensing
Validation, composting, and registration
2013
-
Present
Senior Support Scientist
Sigma Space Corp. Inc. ,
NASA/GSFC
2007
-
2013
Senior Research Scientist
Earth Resources Technology, Inc,
NASA/GSFC
2007
-
Present
Visiting Scholar
Boston University,
Boston University
2005
-
2007
Research Associate
Boston University,
Boston University
Ph.D. in Geography, major in Remote Sensing, May 2005
Department of Geography, Boston University
M.S. in Geography, major in Remote Sensing and GIS, July 2001
Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University, Beijing, China
B.S. in Geography, July 1998
Department of Urban Study and Environment Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
Refereed
Carr, J. L., J. Daniels, D. L. Wu, W. Bresky, and B. Tan. 2022. "A Demonstration of Three-Satellite Stereo Winds."
Remote Sensing,
14
(21):
5290
[10.3390/rs14215290]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, P. Zhang, J. J. Dellomo, and B. Tan. 2022. "Ten Years of VIIRS On-Orbit Geolocation Calibration and Performance."
Remote Sensing,
14
(17):
4212
[10.3390/rs14174212]
Yin, H., B. Tan, D. Frantz, and V. C. Radeloff. 2022. "Integrated topographic corrections improve forest mapping using Landsat imagery."
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,
108:
102716
[10.1016/j.jag.2022.102716]
Buchner, J., H. Yin, D. Frantz, et al. 2020. "Land-cover change in the Caucasus Mountains since 1987 based on the topographic correction of multi-temporal Landsat composites."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
248:
111967
[10.1016/j.rse.2020.111967]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, J. Dellomo, B. Tan, and P. Zhang. 2020. "SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS on-orbit geolocation trending and improvements."
Earth Observing Systems XXV,
11501:
1150112
[10.1117/12.2569148]
Tan, B., J. J. Dellomo, C. N. Folley, et al. 2020. "GOES-R series image navigation and registration performance assessment tool set."
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing,
14
(03):
1
[10.1117/1.jrs.14.032405]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, P. Zhang, et al. 2019. "Thirty-six combined years of MODIS geolocation trending."
Earth Observing Systems XXIV,
11127:
1112715
[10.1117/12.2529447]
Tan, B., J. J. Dellomo, R. E. Wolfe, and A. D. Reth. 2019. "GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI INR assessment."
Earth Observing Systems XXIV,
11127:
111271D
[10.1117/12.2529336]
Carr, J. L., D. L. Wu, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2019. "Joint 3D-Wind Retrievals with Stereoscopic Views from MODIS and GOES."
Remote Sensing,
11
(18):
2100
[10.3390/rs11182100]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, J. C. Tilton, et al. 2018. "JPSS-1/NOAA-20 VIIRS early on-orbit geometric performance."
Earth Observing Systems XXIII,
(107641H ):
10
[10.1117/12.2320767]
Tan, B., J. Dellomo, R. E. Wolfe, and A. D. Reth. 2018. "GOES-16 ABI navigation assessment."
Earth Observing Systems XXIII,
(107640G):
12
[10.1117/12.2321170]
Tilton, J. C., G. Lin, and B. Tan. 2017. "Measurement of the Band-to-Band Registration of the SNPP VIIRS Imaging System From On-Orbit Data."
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing,
10
(3):
1056-1067
[10.1109/jstars.2016.2601561]
Zhang, X., B. Tan, and Y. Yu. 2014. "Interannual variations and trends in global land surface phenology derived from enhanced vegetation index during 1982–2010."
International Journal of Biometeorology,
58
(4):
547-564
[10.1007/s00484-014-0802-z]
Zhang, Q., Y.-B. Cheng, A. I. Lyapustin, et al. 2014. "Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP): I. impact of MODIS observation footprint and impact of vegetation BRDF characteristics."
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,
191:
51-63
[10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.02.002]
Xin, Q., P. Olofsson, Z. Zhu, B. Tan, and C. Woodcock. 2013. "Toward near real-time monitoring of forest disturbance by fusion of MODIS and Landsat data."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
135:
234-247.
Jarnevich, C. S., W. Esaias, P. Ma, et al. 2013. "Regional distribution models with lack of proximate predictors: Africanized honeybees expanding north."
Diversity and Distributions,
20
(2):
193-201
[10.1111/ddi.12143]
Tan, B., R. E. Wolfe, F. Gao, et al. 2013. "Improved forest change detection with terrain illumination corrected Landsat images."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
136:
469–483
[10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.013]
Xin, Q., C. Woodcock, J. Liu, et al. 2012. "View angle effects on MODIS snow mapping in forests."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
118:
50-59.
Tilton, J. C., E. C. Brown de colstoun, R. E. Wolfe, B. Tan, and C. Q. Huang. 2012. "Generating ground reference data for a global impervious surface survey."
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International,
(5993-5996):
5993-5996
[10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352242]
Townshend, J., J. G. Masek, C. Q. Huang, et al. 2012. "Global characterization and monitoring of forest cover using Landsat data: opportunities and challenges."
International Journal of Digital Earth,
5
(5):
373-397
[10.1080/17538947.2012.713190]
Jiao, Z., C. Woodcock, C. Schaaf, et al. 2011. "Improving MODIS land cover classification by combining MODIS spectral and angular signatures in a Canadian boreal forest."
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing,
37:
1-20.
Tan, B., J. Morisette, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2011. "An Enhanced TIMESAT Algorithm for Estimating Vegetation Phenology Metrics From MODIS Data."
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observations Remote Sensing,
4
(2):
361-371
[10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2075916]
Sangram, G., F. Mark, B. Tan, Z. Xiaoyang, and V. Manish. 2010. "Land surface phenology from MODIS: Characterization of the Collection 5 global land cover dynamics product."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
114:
1805-1816.
Gao, F., F. Jeffrey, R. E. Wolfe, and B. Tan. 2010. "Normalizing Landsat and Aster Data Using MODIS Data Products for Forest Change Detection."
Proceedings of IGARSS,
3206-3209:
Mark, A., S. Damien, B. Tan, et al. 2010. "MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
114:
168-182.
Zhang, P., A. Bruce, B. Mathew, B. Tan, and M. Ranga. 2010. "Monitoring crop yield in USA using a satellite-based climate-variability Impact Index."
2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,
1815-1818
[10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650394]
Nightingale, J. M., J. T. Morisette, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2009. "Temporally smoothed and gap-filled MODIS land products for carbon modeling: application of the fPAR product."
International Journal of Remote Sensing,
30
(4):
1083-1090
[10.1080/01431160802398064]
Myneni, R., W. Yang, R. Nemani, et al. 2007. "Large seasonal swings in leaf area of Amazon rainforests."
PNAS,
104
(12):
4820-4823
[10.1073/pnas.0611338104]
Huang, D., W. Yang, B. Tan, et al. 2006. "The Importance of Measurement Error for Deriving Accurate Reference Leaf Area Index Maps for Validation of the MODIS LAI Product."
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. ,
44
(7):
1866-1871.
Tan, B., C. Woodcock, J. Hu, et al. 2006. "The Impact of Geolocation Offsets on the Local Spatial Properties of MODIS Data: Implications for Validation, Compositing, and band-to-band Registration."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
105:
98-114.
Tan, B., J. Hu, P. Zhang, et al. 2005. "Validation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Leaf Area Index Product in Croplands of Alpilles, France."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
110:
[doi:10.1029/2004JD004860]
Tan, B., J. Hu, D. Huang, et al. 2005. "Assessment of the Broadleaf Crops Leaf Area Index Product from the Terra MODIS Instrument."
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,
135:
124-134.
Zhang, P., B. Anderson, B. Tan, D. Huang, and R. Myneni. 2005. "Potential Monitoring of Crop Yield Using a Satellite-Based Climate-Variability Impact Index."
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,
132:
344-358.
Zhang, P., B. Anderson, M. Barlow, B. Tan, and R. Myneni. 2004. "Climate Related Vegetation Characteristics Derived from MODIS LAI and NDVI."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
109:
[doi:10.1029/2004JD004720]
Non-Refereed
Tan, B., J. T. Morisette, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2008. "Vegetation Phenology Metrics Derived from Temporally Smoothed and Gap-Filled MODIS Data."
IGARSS 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
3:
III-593 - III-596
[10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779417]
Refereed
Carr, J. L., J. Daniels, D. L. Wu, W. Bresky, and B. Tan. 2022. "A Demonstration of Three-Satellite Stereo Winds."
Remote Sensing
14
(21):
5290
[10.3390/rs14215290]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, P. Zhang, J. J. Dellomo, and B. Tan. 2022. "Ten Years of VIIRS On-Orbit Geolocation Calibration and Performance."
Remote Sensing
14
(17):
4212
[10.3390/rs14174212]
Yin, H., B. Tan, D. Frantz, and V. C. Radeloff. 2022. "Integrated topographic corrections improve forest mapping using Landsat imagery."
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
108
102716
[10.1016/j.jag.2022.102716]
Buchner, J., H. Yin, D. Frantz, et al. 2020. "Land-cover change in the Caucasus Mountains since 1987 based on the topographic correction of multi-temporal Landsat composites."
Remote Sensing of Environment
248
111967
[10.1016/j.rse.2020.111967]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, J. Dellomo, B. Tan, and P. Zhang. 2020. "SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS on-orbit geolocation trending and improvements."
Earth Observing Systems XXV
11501
1150112
[10.1117/12.2569148]
Tan, B., J. J. Dellomo, C. N. Folley, et al. 2020. "GOES-R series image navigation and registration performance assessment tool set."
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
14
(03):
1
[10.1117/1.jrs.14.032405]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, P. Zhang, et al. 2019. "Thirty-six combined years of MODIS geolocation trending."
Earth Observing Systems XXIV
11127
1112715
[10.1117/12.2529447]
Tan, B., J. J. Dellomo, R. E. Wolfe, and A. D. Reth. 2019. "GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI INR assessment."
Earth Observing Systems XXIV
11127
111271D
[10.1117/12.2529336]
Carr, J. L., D. L. Wu, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2019. "Joint 3D-Wind Retrievals with Stereoscopic Views from MODIS and GOES."
Remote Sensing
11
(18):
2100
[10.3390/rs11182100]
Lin, G., R. E. Wolfe, J. C. Tilton, et al. 2018. "JPSS-1/NOAA-20 VIIRS early on-orbit geometric performance."
Earth Observing Systems XXIII
10
[10.1117/12.2320767]
Tan, B., J. Dellomo, R. E. Wolfe, and A. D. Reth. 2018. "GOES-16 ABI navigation assessment."
Earth Observing Systems XXIII
12
[10.1117/12.2321170]
Tilton, J. C., G. Lin, and B. Tan. 2017. "Measurement of the Band-to-Band Registration of the SNPP VIIRS Imaging System From On-Orbit Data."
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
10
(3):
1056-1067
[10.1109/jstars.2016.2601561]
Zhang, X., B. Tan, and Y. Yu. 2014. "Interannual variations and trends in global land surface phenology derived from enhanced vegetation index during 1982–2010."
International Journal of Biometeorology
58
(4):
547-564
[10.1007/s00484-014-0802-z]
Zhang, Q., Y.-B. Cheng, A. I. Lyapustin, et al. 2014. "Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP): I. impact of MODIS observation footprint and impact of vegetation BRDF characteristics."
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
191
51-63
[10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.02.002]
Xin, Q., P. Olofsson, Z. Zhu, B. Tan, and C. Woodcock. 2013. "Toward near real-time monitoring of forest disturbance by fusion of MODIS and Landsat data."
Remote Sensing of Environment
135
234-247
Jarnevich, C. S., W. Esaias, P. Ma, et al. 2013. "Regional distribution models with lack of proximate predictors: Africanized honeybees expanding north."
Diversity and Distributions
20
(2):
193-201
[10.1111/ddi.12143]
Tan, B., R. E. Wolfe, F. Gao, et al. 2013. "Improved forest change detection with terrain illumination corrected Landsat images."
Remote Sensing of Environment
136
469–483
[10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.013]
Xin, Q., C. Woodcock, J. Liu, et al. 2012. "View angle effects on MODIS snow mapping in forests."
Remote Sensing of Environment
118
50-59
Tilton, J. C., E. C. Brown de colstoun, R. E. Wolfe, B. Tan, and C. Q. Huang. 2012. "Generating ground reference data for a global impervious surface survey."
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
5993-5996
[10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352242]
Townshend, J., J. G. Masek, C. Q. Huang, et al. 2012. "Global characterization and monitoring of forest cover using Landsat data: opportunities and challenges."
International Journal of Digital Earth
5
(5):
373-397
[10.1080/17538947.2012.713190]
Jiao, Z., C. Woodcock, C. Schaaf, et al. 2011. "Improving MODIS land cover classification by combining MODIS spectral and angular signatures in a Canadian boreal forest."
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
37
1-20
Tan, B., J. Morisette, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2011. "An Enhanced TIMESAT Algorithm for Estimating Vegetation Phenology Metrics From MODIS Data."
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observations Remote Sensing
4
(2):
361-371
[10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2075916]
Sangram, G., F. Mark, B. Tan, Z. Xiaoyang, and V. Manish. 2010. "Land surface phenology from MODIS: Characterization of the Collection 5 global land cover dynamics product."
Remote Sensing of Environment
114
1805-1816
Gao, F., F. Jeffrey, R. E. Wolfe, and B. Tan. 2010. "Normalizing Landsat and Aster Data Using MODIS Data Products for Forest Change Detection."
Proceedings of IGARSS
3206-3209
Mark, A., S. Damien, B. Tan, et al. 2010. "MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets."
Remote Sensing of Environment
114
168-182
Zhang, P., A. Bruce, B. Mathew, B. Tan, and M. Ranga. 2010. "Monitoring crop yield in USA using a satellite-based climate-variability Impact Index."
2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
1815-1818
[10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650394]
Nightingale, J. M., J. T. Morisette, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2009. "Temporally smoothed and gap-filled MODIS land products for carbon modeling: application of the fPAR product."
International Journal of Remote Sensing
30
(4):
1083-1090
[10.1080/01431160802398064]
Myneni, R., W. Yang, R. Nemani, et al. 2007. "Large seasonal swings in leaf area of Amazon rainforests."
PNAS
104
(12):
4820-4823
[10.1073/pnas.0611338104]
Huang, D., W. Yang, B. Tan, et al. 2006. "The Importance of Measurement Error for Deriving Accurate Reference Leaf Area Index Maps for Validation of the MODIS LAI Product."
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.
44
(7):
1866-1871
Tan, B., C. Woodcock, J. Hu, et al. 2006. "The Impact of Geolocation Offsets on the Local Spatial Properties of MODIS Data: Implications for Validation, Compositing, and band-to-band Registration."
Remote Sensing of Environment
105
98-114
Tan, B., J. Hu, P. Zhang, et al. 2005. "Validation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Leaf Area Index Product in Croplands of Alpilles, France."
Journal of Geophysical Research
110
[doi:10.1029/2004JD004860]
Tan, B., J. Hu, D. Huang, et al. 2005. "Assessment of the Broadleaf Crops Leaf Area Index Product from the Terra MODIS Instrument."
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
135
124-134
Zhang, P., B. Anderson, B. Tan, D. Huang, and R. Myneni. 2005. "Potential Monitoring of Crop Yield Using a Satellite-Based Climate-Variability Impact Index."
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
132
344-358
Zhang, P., B. Anderson, M. Barlow, B. Tan, and R. Myneni. 2004. "Climate Related Vegetation Characteristics Derived from MODIS LAI and NDVI."
Journal of Geophysical Research
109
[doi:10.1029/2004JD004720]
Non-Refereed
Tan, B., J. T. Morisette, R. E. Wolfe, et al. 2008. "Vegetation Phenology Metrics Derived from Temporally Smoothed and Gap-Filled MODIS Data."
IGARSS 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
3
III-593 - III-596
[10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779417]
