The potential of hyperspectral bidirectional reflectance distribution function data for grass canopy characterization

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D8, 1999, Pages 9547-9560

  Sandmeier, Stefan R ^a,b   Middleton, Elizabeth M ^b   Deering, Donald W ^b   Qin, Wenhan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; GRASS; REMOTE SENSING;

LOLIUM;

EID: 0033608904     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900094     Document Type: Article

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