A study of reflectance anisotropy and canopy structure using a simple empirical model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-128

  Walthall, Charles L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE ANISOTROPY; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; VEGETATION CANOPY STRUCTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CANOPY STRUCTURE; LAI; REFLECTANCE ANISOTROPY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CANOPY;

EID: 0031177946     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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