Modeling the scattering of light by homogeneous vegetation in optical remote sensing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-150

  Pinty, Bernard ^a,b   Verstraete, Michel M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

HOMOGENEOUS VEGETATION; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; PHOTON TRANSPORT MODEL; RADIATION TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; LIGHT; PLANT CANOPY; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; VEGETATION HOMOGENEITY;

EID: 0031861362     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0137:MTSOLB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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