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Vegetation Radiative Transfer Modelling (Nadine Gobron) - PEER

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I (z)<br />

I (z+Δz)<br />

Conservation of radiant energy<br />

for I in a slab Δz<br />

I (z)<br />

I (z+Δz)<br />

z=0<br />

z<br />

z+Δz<br />

z=z h<br />

P is the probability<br />

that a photon<br />

directed upward is<br />

scattered downward<br />

I<br />

↓<br />

(z)<br />

+<br />

SΔzP<br />

↑↓<br />

I<br />

↑<br />

(z<br />

+<br />

Δz)<br />

=<br />

P is the probability<br />

that a photon<br />

directed downward<br />

is scattered upward<br />

↓<br />

↓↑<br />

KΔ zI (z) + SΔzP<br />

I (z) + I (z +<br />

↓<br />

↓<br />

Δz)<br />

coefficients of absorption, K (in m -1 ) and scattering S (in m -1 )<br />

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