Recent advances in geometrical optical modelling and its applications

Remote Sensing Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-262

  Chen, J M ^a   Li, X ^b,d   Nilson, T ^c   Strahler, A ^d  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Optical remote sensing; Radiative transfer; Reciprocity; Thermal remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICAL MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; GEOMETRY; MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RECIPROCITY;

EID: 0034261071     PISSN: 02757257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757250009532391     Document Type: Article

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