A semidiscrete model for the scattering of light by vegetation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 9431-9446

  Gobron, Nadine ^a   Pinty, Bernard ^a,b   Verstraete, Michel M ^b   Govaerts, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; LIGHT; SCATTERING; VEGETATION;

EID: 0006037249     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd04013     Document Type: Article

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