Title :
A Simplified Derivation of Leaf Normal Spherical Coordinates
Author_Institution :
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Abstract :
Applying a simple idea from vector analysis, formulas are derived for the direction in spherical coordinates of the normal vector to a planar leaf in terms of the coordinates of incident and reflected rays.
Keywords :
Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Array signal processing; Frequency; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Remote sensing; Sensor arrays; Speech processing;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.1987.289762
