Testing directional properties of a forest reflectance model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D11, 2001, Pages 12011-12021

  Kuusk, Andres ^a   Nilson, Tiit ^a  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY REFLECTANCE;

(SOUTH); CANADA;

EID: 0034926946     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900439     Document Type: Article

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