Simulated impact of sensor field of view and distance on field measurements of bidirectional reflectance factors for row crops

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-142

  Zhao, Feng ^a   Li, Yuguang ^a,b   Dai, Xu ^a   Verhoef, Wout ^c   Guo, Yiqing ^a   Shang, Hong ^a   Gu, Xingfa ^d   Huang, Yanbo ^e   Yu, Tao ^d   Huang, Jianxi ^f  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bidirectional reflectance factor; Field measurements; Field of view; Monte Carlo model; Row crops; Sensor footprint; Weighted photon spread model (WPS)

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE FACTORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD OF VIEWS; MONTE CARLO MODEL; ROW CROP; SENSOR FOOTPRINTS; WEIGHTED PHOTON SPREAD MODEL (WPS);

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CROP; FIELD OF VIEW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SENSOR; SIMULATION;

EID: 84908005717     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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