Topographic Effects on Bidirectional and Hemispherical Reflectances Calculated with a Geometric-Optical Canopy Model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1186-1193

  Schaaf, Crystal Barker ^a   Li, Xiaowen ^b   Strahler, Alan H ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bidirectional reflectance distribution function; canopy reflectance modeling; Hemispherical reflectance; surface albedo; topography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTOMETERS; SET THEORY;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE MODELING; HEMISPHERICAL REFLECTANCE; SURFACE ALBEDO; TOPOGRAPHY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0028538110     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.338367     Document Type: Article

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