• Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis
  • Vol. 36, Issue 9, 2749 (2016)
QU Ying1、2, LIU Qiang3、4, and LIU Su-hong2、4
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  • 2[in Chinese]
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  • 4[in Chinese]
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    DOI: 10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2016)09-2749-06 Cite this Article
    QU Ying, LIU Qiang, LIU Su-hong. A Forward Kernel Function for Fitting in situ Measured Snow Bidirectional Reflectance Factor[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2016, 36(9): 2749 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Modelling and fitting the reflectance anisotropy of land surfaces is one of the most important issues in remote sensing studies. In the traditional linear kernel-driven model, the most widely used kernel functions are derived from radiative transfer model of vegetation canopy. Therefore, it is not validate to represent the forward scattering effect of snow/ice surfaces. We proposed a method by adding a forward kernel function to the traditional linear kernel-driven model, and validate it with in situ measured bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) data. The validation results show that this method is efficient for fitting the BRF of snow/ice surfaces (R2=0.997 5, RMSE=0.022 6). We also compared it with empirical functions and the traditional linear kernel-driven model. The results show that: (1) The fitting results of linear kernel-driven model are better than those of empirical functions; (2) The fitting results can be significantly improved by adding the forward kernel function; (3) The fitting results of the improved linear kernel-driven model are stable at different wavelengths.
    QU Ying, LIU Qiang, LIU Su-hong. A Forward Kernel Function for Fitting in situ Measured Snow Bidirectional Reflectance Factor[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2016, 36(9): 2749
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