Title :
Identification of surface areas to represent a suitable surface boundary condition for atmospheric radiative transfer analysis
Author :
Engelsen, Ola ; Pinty, Bernard ; Govaerts, Yves ; Verstraete, Michel M.
Author_Institution :
Norut Inf. Technol., Tromso, Norway
Abstract :
This paper describes a method for identification of surfaces of prespecified bidirectional reflectance characteristics within satellite imagery in the optical spectral domain on the basis of radiative transfer modeling of satellite-level reflectances. The method takes both spectral, temporal and directional information into account. The approach is particularly promising for the new generation of optical satellite sensors due to be launched towards the end of the millenium
Keywords :
atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; radiative transfer; remote sensing; IR imaging; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; light scattering; meteorology; optical imaging; optical spectral domain; optics; prespecified bidirectional reflectance; radiative transfer; radiative transfer model; remote sensing; satellite imagery; satellite-level reflectance; surface area identification; surface boundary condition; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Boundary conditions; Land surface; Lighting; Optical sensors; Reflectivity; Satellite broadcasting; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703763
