Validation of the forest radiative transfer model FRT

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Kuusk, Andres ^a   Nilson, Tiit ^b   Paas, Markko ^b   Lang, Mait ^b   Kuusk, Joel ^b  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canopy downward radiance; Forest; Imaging radiometer; Model validation; Radiative transfer; Radiometric correction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS;

CANOPY DOWNWARD RADIANCE; IMAGING RADIOMETER; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIOMETRIC CORRECTION;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; RADIOMETRIC METHOD;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348962060     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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