Arctic tundra albedo and its estimation from spectral hemispheric reflectance

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3535-3549

  Eck, T F ^a   Deering, D W ^a   Vierling, L A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC TUNDRA ALBEDO; PARABOLA INSTRUMENT; SPECTRAL HEMISPHERIC REFLECTANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALBEDO; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; PARABOLA INSTRUMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0031277524     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697216784     Document Type: Article

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