Discrete anisotropic radiative transfer (DART 5) for modeling airborne and satellite spectroradiometer and LIDAR acquisitions of natural and urban landscapes

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1667-1701

  Gastellu Etchegorry, Jean Philippe ^a   Yin, Tiangang ^a   Lauret, Nicolas ^a   Cajgfinger, Thomas ^a   Gregoire, Tristan ^a   Grau, Eloi ^a   Feret, Jean Baptiste ^a   Lopes, Maïlys ^a   Guilleux, Jordan ^a   Dedieu, Gérard ^a   Malenovskỳ, Zbynek ^b,c   Cook, Bruce Douglas ^d   Morton, Douglas ^d   Rubio, Jeremy ^d   Durrieu, Sylvie ^e   Cazanave, Gregory ^f   Martin, Emmanuel ^f   Ristorcelli, Thomas ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^f Magellium ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Camera projection; DART 5 model; Imaging spectroscopy; LIDAR; Radiative transfer; Spectroradiometer

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUDGET CONTROL; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SPECIFICATIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

AIRBORNE ACQUISITION; CAMERA PROJECTION; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PERSPECTIVE PROJECTIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84924416551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70201667     Document Type: Article

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