Continental-scale albedo inferred from land cover class, field observations of typical BRDFs and AVHRR data

Author

Strugnell, Nicholas C. ; Lucht, Wolfgang ; Hyman, Andrew H. ; Meister, Gerhard

Author_Institution

Center for Remote Sensing, Boston Univ., MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

595

Abstract

Field-observed BRDFs for different land cover types are employed to derive a global BRDF/albedo database from land cover classifications. In a second step, AVHRR reflectance observations are used to reintroduce within-class variations into this database by fitting the field-observed BRDFs to the observed bidirectional reflectances. These databases are useful precursors to future satellite-derived BRDF databases

Keywords

albedo; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; AVHRR; BRDF; BRDF database; albedo; bidirectional reflectance distribution function; continental-scale albedo; field observations; geophysical measurement technique; land cover class; land cover classification; land cover type; land surface; optical reflection; terrain mapping; visible region; within-class variation; Biomedical optical imaging; Databases; Electronic mail; Land surface; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Shape; Surface fitting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699522

Filename

699522