Note on "An improved model of surface BRDF-atmospheric coupled radiation"

Author

Martonchik, John V. ; Pinty, Bernard ; Verstraete, Michel M.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1637

Lastpage

1639

Abstract

A recent paper, J.V. Martonchik et al., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol.36, p.1212-27 (1998), compared approximate radiative transfer results for top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiance, using various algorithms published in the literature. We show that one of the algorithms was used incorrectly, resulting in its poor performance as stated in that paper. Correct usage produces results with errors typically less than 3%, which compares favorably to the other tested algorithms.

Keywords

atmospheric optics; atmospheric radiation; geophysical techniques; radiative transfer; terrain mapping; BRDF; algorithm; atmosphere; bidirectional reflection distribution function; coupled radiation; geophysical measurement technique; improved model; land surface; model; optical remote sensing; optics; radiance; radiative transfer; terrain mapping; top-of-atmosphere; Algorithm design and analysis; Atmospheric modeling; Equations; Error correction; Image retrieval; Laboratories; Propulsion; Space technology; Table lookup; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2002.802505

Filename

1025528