Computation of a distributed glacier surface albedo proxy using airborne laser scanning intensity data and in-situ spectro-radiometric measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-42

  Joerg, Philip C ^a   Weyermann, Jörg ^a   Morsdorf, Felix ^a   Zemp, Michael ^a   Schaepman, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Albedo; BRDF; Glacier; LiDAR; Radiometric calibration; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GLACIERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; SCANNING; SNOW; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; ALBEDO; BRDF; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALBEDO; CALIBRATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 84923270609     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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