(1985). "Optimal solar/viewing geometry for an accurate estimation of leaf area index and leaf angle distribution from bidirectional canopy reflectance data." <i>International Journal of Remote Sensing</i> 6(9), 1493-1520.
(1985). "Optimal solar/viewing geometry for an accurate estimation of leaf area index and leaf angle distribution from bidirectional canopy reflectance data." International Journal of Remote Sensing 6(9), 1493-1520.
Goel, Narendra S., and Richard L. Thompson. "Optimal solar/viewing geometry for an accurate estimation of leaf area index and leaf angle distribution from bidirectional canopy reflectance data." International Journal of Remote Sensing 6, no. 9 (1985): 1493-1520.
An analysis of the accuracy in the estimation of agronomic parameters such as leaf area index (LAI) and leaf angle distribution (LAD) from the bidirectional canopy reflectance (BDCR) data is presented. This analysis shows that for a given level of errors in the data, there are certain preferred illumination and viewing directions for which the estimations are most accurate. There are other directions, e.g. nadir viewing, for which estimates can be significantly erroneous. This analysis should be useful in selecting the optimum illumination and viewing directions for off-nadir viewing remote-sensing systems such as the SPOT satellite and the Multispectral Linear Array (MLA) Shuttle.
Thompson's professional affiliation listed at:
Department of Systems Science, State University of New York
Binghamton, NY 13901
Present address:
Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England.