Evaluation of the capability of BRDF models to retrieve structural information on the observed target as described by a three-dimensional ray tracing code

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2314, Issue , 1995, Pages 9-20

  Govaerts, Yves ^a   Verstraete, Michel M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; TIMBER; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; RADIATION TRANSFER; SCATTERING ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIAS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 33747918662     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.200740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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