Modeling three-dimensional forest structures to drive canopy radiative transfer simulations of bidirectional reflectance factor

Authors :: Kenlo Nishida Nasahara
Rikie Suzuki
Wei Yang
Hideki Kobayashi
Akihiko Kondoh
Xuehong Chen
Source :: International Journal of Digital Earth. 11:981-1000
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2017.
Abstract: Three-dimensional (3-D) Monte Carlo-based radiative transfer (MCRT) models are usually used for benchmarking in intercomparisons of the canopy radiative transfer (RT) simulations. However, the 3-D ...

Subjects :: Canopy
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Reflectance factor
Monte Carlo method
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
Physics::Geophysics
Computer Science Applications
Atmospheric radiative transfer codes
Geography
Radiative transfer
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Forest structure
Software
021101 geological & geomatics engineering
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing

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