Field and landscape BRDF optical wavelength measurements: Experience, techniques and the future

Remote Sensing Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 503-531

  Walthall, Charles ^a   Roujean, Jean Louis ^b   Morisette, Jeff ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; BRDF; Field measurements; Optical

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION;

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; RADIOMETER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034261074     PISSN: 02757257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757250009532399     Document Type: Article

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