Documentation

Current Documentation

Tue Nov 6 17:52:24 EST 2007

   DIRSIG User's Manual (HTML,PDF (13 MB),tar+gzip HTML (15 MB))

      DIRSIG4 Reflectance Properties (PDF (0.27 MB))

      DIRSIG4 XML Inputs (PDF (0.11 MB))

      DIRSIG4 Generic Radiometry Solver (PDF (0.13 MB))

      DIRSIG4 Platform Position (ppd) File Format (PDF (0.14 MB))

      DIRSIG4 Geometry List (glist) File Format (PDF (0.05 MB))

Installation Notes
   Mac OSX platform
   Windows platform

Development Roadmap
Plans for near-term development and release date estimates are available:
   Development Roadmap


DIRSIG4 Developer Documents
Last updated: Thu Mar 9 09:39:27 EST 2006
These files were taken from the code base for DIRSIG 4.0.6

   Source code for the "Standard LIDAR Capture Method" class (PDF).

   Source code for the "Generic Platform Model" class (PDF).

   Source code for the "LIDAR XYZ Convertor" program (PDF,Source Code).


Related M.S. and Ph.D. Student Thesis Documents
   Scott Brown, "Evaluation of Subdivision Methods used in Octree Ray Tracing Algorithms",
   RIT Computer Science M.S. thesis (PDF, 0.6 MB)

   Francois Alain, "Simulation of Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometers using DIRSIG",
   RIT Imaging Science M.S. thesis (PDF, 1.9 MB)

   Emmett Ientilucci, "Synthetic Simulation and Modeling of Image Intensified CCDs (IICCD)",
   RIT Imaging Science M.S. thesis (PDF, 4.0 MB)

   Robin Burton, "Elastic LADAR Modeling for Synthetic Imaging Applications",
   RIT Imaging Science Ph.D. thesis (PDF, 15.5 MB)

   Jason Meyers, "Modeling Polarimetric Imaging using DIRSIG",
   RIT Imaging Science Ph.D. thesis (PDF, 2.3 MB)

   James Shell, "Polarimetric Remote Sensing in the Visible to Near Inrared",
   RIT Imaging Science Ph.D. thesis (PDF, 39 MB)

   Daniel Blevins, "Modeling Scattering and Absorption for a Differential Absorption LIDAR System",
   RIT Imaging Science Ph.D. thesis (PDF, 60 MB)

   Brian Dobbs, "The Incorporation of Atmospheric Variability into DIRSIG",
   RIT Imaging Science M.S. thesis (PDF, 26 MB)

   Michael Gartley,"Polarimetric Modeling of Remotely Sensed Scenes in the Thermal Infrared",
   RIT Imaging Science Ph.D. thesis (PDF, 26 MB)


Reports
   Emmett Ientilucci, "Low-light-level Simulations and Extended Area Source Modeling" (PDF, 2.4 MB)


Journal and Conference Papers
Browse a list of publications here
   Scott D. Brown, Daniel Blevins and John R. Schott, "Time-gated topographic LIDAR scene simulation",

   Proc SPIE, Vol. 5791, pp 342-353, 2005 (PDF, 1.9 MB)

   Robin Burton, John R. Schott and Scott D. Brown, "Elastic LADAR Modeling for Synthetic Imaging Applications",
   Proc SPIE, Vol. 4816, pp 144-155, 2002 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

   Emmett J. Ientilucci and Scott D. Brown, "Advances in Wide Area Hyperspectral Image Simutaion",
   Proc SPIE, Vol. 5075, pp. 110-121, 2003 (PDF, 11.0 MB)

Powerpoint Presentations
The following are links to PowerPoint presentations stored in PDF form. The presenations are from various in-house sources, conferences and meetings.
   A short presentation describing the general capabilities of the DIRSIG model and current projects.
   (PowerPoint, 15 MB)

   "Hyperspectral simulation of chemical weapon dispersal patterns in DIRSIG",
   Presented at the SPIE AeroSense Conference (April 2000). (PDF, 800 kB)

   "Characterization techniques for incorporating backgrounds into DIRSIG",
   Presented at the SPIE AeroSense Conference (April 2000). (PDF, 688 kB)

   "Scene construction methodologies and techniques for simulating forest areas",
   Presented at the 11th Annual Ground Targets Modeling and Validation Conference (August 2000). (PDF, 440 kB)

   "Simulation environment for modeling Fourier Transform Imaging Spectrometers",
   Presented at the 11th Annual Ground Targets Modeling and Validation Conference (August 2000). (PDF, 904 kB)


Additional Documents
   The MODTRAN 4 User's Manual.