Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049306
