Using 1-D models to interpret the reflectance anisotropy of 3-D canopy targets: Issues and caveats

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2008-2017

  Widlowski, Jean Luc ^a,b   Pinty, Bernard ^a,b,c,d   Lavergne, Thomas ^a,b   Verstraete, Michel Max ^a,b,c,d   Gobron, Nadine ^a,b,e,f  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^f EC Joint Research Centre ^*

Author keywords

Bidirectional reflectance function (BRF) shape; Multiangular reflectance data; One dimensional (1 D) models; Pixel based inversion; Three dimensional (3 D) canopy structure

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE FUNCTION (BRF) SHAPE; MULTIANGULAR REFLECTANCE DATA; ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1-D) MODELS; PIXEL-BASED INVERSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) CANOPY STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 27744513296     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.853718     Document Type: Article

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