Scattering of a C02 laser beam at 10.6 μm by bare soils: Experimental study of the polarized bidirectional scattering coefficient; model and comparison with directional emissivity measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 27, 1991, Pages 3984-3995

  Nerry, Francoise ^a   Stoll, Marc Philippe ^a   Kologo, Noaga ^a  

^a Laboratoire des Systemes Photoniques   (France)

Author keywords

Bare soils; Remote sensing; Scattering; Thermal infrared emissivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001048518     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.30.003984     Document Type: Article

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