A note on G-functions within the scope of radiative transfer in turbid vegetation media

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2813-2819

  Otto, Sebastian ^a   Trautmann, Thomas ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; G function; Leaf normal distribution; Radiative transfer; Turbid vegetation media

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GEOPHYSICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VEGETATION;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COSINE FUNCTIONS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXTENDED RANGES; FREE PARAMETERS; G-FUNCTION; GENERALISATION; HORIZONTAL MODELS; LEAF ARCHITECTURES; LEAF NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NORMALISATION; ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORIES; TURBID VEGETATION MEDIA;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VEGETATION;

EID: 54449100625     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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