Stochastic transport theory for investigating the three-dimensional canopy structure from space measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-50

  Huang, Dong ^a   Knyazikhin, Yuri ^a   Wang, Weile ^a   Deering, Donald W ^b   Stenberg, Pauline ^c   Shabanov, Nikolay ^a   Tan, Bin ^a   Myneni, Ranga B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D canopy structure; Stochastic radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIXELS; RADIATION; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEGETATION;

CANOPY REFLECTANCES; SATELLITE-BORNE SENSORS; SPACE MEASUREMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CANOPY STRUCTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 36248950694     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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