Directional Reflectance Distributions of a Hardwood and Pine Forest Canopy

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-24, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 281-293

  Kimes, Daniel S ^a   Nelson, Ross F ^a   Schutt, John B ^a   Newcomb, W Wayne ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Republic Management Systems Inc Applications Project ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT - REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HARDWOOD/PINE FOREST CANOPY;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0022690045     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1986.289647     Document Type: Article

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