Towards a high temporal frequency grass canopy thermal IR model for background signatures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5431, Issue , 2004, Pages 251-259

  Ballard Jr , Jerrell R ^a   Smith, James A ^b   Koenig, George G ^c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Background signatures; High temporal frequency; Ray tracing; Thermal IR grass canopy model; Turbulent fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BACKGROUND SIGNATURES; HIGH TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; THERMAL IR GRASS CANOPY MODELS; TURBULENT FLUXES;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 8844242551     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.541048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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