Simulation of multitemporal and hyperspectral vegetation canopy bidirectional reflectance using detailed virtual 3-D canopy models

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2096-2108

  Kuester, Theres ^a   Spengler, Daniel ^a   Barczi, Jean François ^b   Segl, Karl ^a   Hostert, Patrick ^c   Kaufmann, Hermann ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D canopy models; Bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP); Hyperspectral; Simulation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FROST PROTECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEGETATION;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; CANOPY MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING; HYPERSPECTRAL; SIMULATION;

REFLECTION;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CEREAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HORDEUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84892446017     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2258162     Document Type: Article

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