Bidirectional reflectance distribution function of snow: Corrections for the Lambertian assumption in remote sensing applications

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Li, Wei ^a   Stamnes, Knut ^a   Eide, Hans ^a   Spurr, Robert ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Lambertian correction; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; TABLE LOOKUP;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; LAMBERTIAN CORRECTION; TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE REFLECTANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 34548013544     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2746334     Document Type: Article

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