Vegetation Radiative Transfer Modelling (Nadine Gobron) - PEER
Vegetation Radiative Transfer Modelling (Nadine Gobron) - PEER
Vegetation Radiative Transfer Modelling (Nadine Gobron) - PEER
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Scattering properties of leaves<br />
• Once the radiation is intercepted by the vegetation elements, it<br />
is scattered in directions determined by the leaf orientations and<br />
the leaf phase function<br />
Ω<br />
• Leaf reflection and transmission<br />
depend primarily on wavelength,<br />
plant species, growth condition,<br />
age and position in canopy.<br />
• Directionality of leaf scattering<br />
depends on the leaf surface<br />
roughness, and the percentage<br />
of diffusely scattered photons<br />
from leaf interior.<br />
Ω<br />
Ω L<br />
plate model<br />
‣ Plate models often assume Bi-Lambertian scattering properties:<br />
- radiation is scattered according to cosine law: | Ω L · Ω |<br />
- magnitude depends on leaf reflection and transmission values<br />
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