Towards a generalized approach for correction of the BRDF effect in MODIS directional reflectances

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 898-908

  Vermote, Eric ^a   Justice, Christopher O ^a   Bréon, François Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Directional reflectance; Geophysical measurements; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Remote sensing; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DIRECTIONAL EFFECTS; DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; INPUT DATUM; LAND COVERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); NDVI TIME SERIES; NOISE REDUCTIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; SCATTERING PROCESS; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SURFACE REFLECTANCES; SURFACE SCATTERINGS; TWO PARAMETERS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

TIME SERIES;

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 61349203834     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2005977     Document Type: Article

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