Assessment of multiangular polarization contribution to the bidirectional reflectance of natural samples

Author

Georgiev, Georgi T. ; Butler, James J. ; Thome, Kurt J. ; Ranson, K. Jon ; King, Michael D.

Author_Institution

Sigma Space Corp., Lanham, MD, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

1017

Lastpage

1020

Abstract

Assessment of the effect of multiangular polarized incident light on the bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) of vegetation and soil samples is presented in this paper. The samples were evaluated with a reference to 99% white Spectralon calibration standard in the UV-VIS-NIR spectral range. The BRF of the samples was found to be strongly influenced by the polarization of the incident light at different multiangular geometries.

Keywords

light polarisation; reflectivity; remote sensing; soil; vegetation; UV-vis-NIR spectral range; bidirectional reflectance factor; incident light polarization; multiangular polarization; multiangular polarized incident light; natural sample bidirectional reflectance; soil BRF; vegetation BRF; white Spectralon calibration standard; Bidirectional control; Optical polarization; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Soil; Soil measurements; Vegetation mapping; BRF; Multiangular; Polarization; Reflectance; Remote Sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049306

Filename

6049306