Simulation of Multitemporal and Hyperspectral Vegetation Canopy Bidirectional Reflectance Using Detailed Virtual 3-D Canopy Models

• Published in: IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 2096 - 2108
• Main Authors: Kuester, Theres, Spengler, Daniel, Barczi, Jean-Francois, Segl, Karl, Hostert, Patrick, Kaufmann, Hermann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.04.2014; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 3-D canopy models; Applied geophysics; Bidirectional control; Bidirectional reflectance; bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Botanics; Canopies; Cereals; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer simulation; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP); Environmental Sciences; Exact sciences and technology; hyperspectral; Hyperspectral imaging; Internal geophysics; Life Sciences; Lighting; Parametrization; Ray tracing; Reflectance; Reflectivity; Simulation; Solid modeling; Spectra; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Three dimensional; Three-dimensional displays; Vegetal Biology; vegetation; Vegetation mapping; models; spectra; orientation; reflectance; simulation; ray tracing; hyperspectral; accuracy; remote sensing; vegetation; 3-D canopy models; Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP); in situ; bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); geometry; programs; computers; Digital simulation

The influence of plant and canopy architecture on canopy bidirectional reflectance and the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) is the subject of this paper. To understand BRDF-influenced reflectance signals, this influence must be identified and quantified, which requires detailed...