Identification of dense boreal forest on the basis of simulated NOAA-AVHRR reflectance factors

Author

Engelsen, Ola ; Govaerts, Yves ; Pinty, Bernard ; Verstraete, Michel M.

Author_Institution

Norut Inf. Technol., Tromso, Norway

Volume

5

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

2729

Abstract

Describes a method for identification of dense boreal forest with the AVHRR band 1 and 2 observations on the basis of radiative transfer modeling of satellite-level reflectances. The method takes both spectral, temporal and directional information into account. The idea itself is straightforwardly extendible to other surface types and optical satellite instruments. The approach is particularly promising for the new generation of optical satellite sensors due to be launched towards the end of the millenium

Keywords

forestry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; vegetation mapping; 650 nm; 850 nm; AVHRR; NOAA; dense boreal forest; forest; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; near infrared; optical imaging; radiative transfer model; reflectance factor; satellite remote sensing; vegetation mapping; visible; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Ecosystems; Information technology; Lighting; Optical sensors; Reflectivity; Satellites; Space technology;

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.1998.702333

Filename

702333