A new method of retrieving surface bidirectional reflectance from ground measurements: Atmospheric sensitivity study

Authors

A. I. Lyapustin, nNASA Goddard Space Flight Center
J. L. Privette, nNASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Date of this Version

1998

Comments

Published in JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 104, NO. D6, PAGES 6257-6268, MARCH 27, 1999.

Abstract

Commonly, experimental data on surface directional reflectance are not properly corrected for atmospheric effects. In this paper, we describe a new method for rigorous retrieval of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) from ground-based measurements.