Spectral dependence of the bidirectional reflectance function in coastal waters and its impact on retrieval algorithms

Author

Gilerson, A. ; Zhou, J. ; Fortich, R. ; Ioannou, I. ; Hlaing, S. ; Gross, B. ; Moshary, F. ; Ahmed, S.

Author_Institution

City Coll. of the City Univ. of New York, New York

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

3777

Lastpage

3780

Abstract

Variations of bidirectional reflectance effects in coastal waters are analyzed based on extensive radiative transfer simulations of remote sensing reflectances and field data, which are compared with existing models. Improved relationships are proposed which better accounts for BRDF effects but should be further verified for a broader range of synthetic data with various sun, viewing and azimuth angles as well as insitu datasets.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; oceanographic techniques; radiative transfer; reflectivity; remote sensing; BRDF effects; bidirectional reflectance effects variations; bidirectional reflectance function spectral dependence; coastal waters; radiative transfer; remote sensing field data simulation; remote sensing reflectance simulation; retrieval algorithms; Azimuth; Bidirectional control; Oceans; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sun; Water; bidirectional reflectance; field measurements; radiance; radiative transfer; remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423665

Filename

4423665