Abstract tree crowns in 3D radiative transfer models: Impact on simulated open-canopy reflectances

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-175

  Widlowski, Jean Luc ^a   CÔté, Jean François ^b   Béland, Martin ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; BRDF; Canopy reflectance; GO models; Monte Carlo models; Remote sensing; Savanna; Tree crown abstraction; Voxel

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRDF; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; GO MODEL; MONTE CARLO MODEL; SAVANNA; TREE CROWNS; VOXEL;

ABSTRACTING; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DATA SET; LAND COVER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MODELS; REFLECTANCE; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84891360696     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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