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International Agrophysics
publisher:Institute of Agrophysics
Polish Academy of Sciences
Lublin, Poland
ISSN: 0236-8722


vol. 9, nr. 2 (1995)

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Directional character of soil surface reflectance in the visible and near-infrared range
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J. Cierniewski1, M. Verbrugghe2, S. Białousz3, J. Chmiel3
1 Institute of Physical Geography, University of Poznari, Frediy 10,61 -701 Poznaii, Poland
2 INRA, Station de Bioclimatologie, Centre de Recherches d' Avignon, 84-140 Montfavet, France
3 Institute of Photogrammetry and Cartography, Warsaw University of Technology Politechniki Square 1,00-661 Warsaw, Poland

vol. 9 (1995), nr. 2, pp. 83-93
abstract The paper shows the importance of directional effects on soil reflectance in the visible and near -infrared range. It includes physical principles of surface interactions with radiation in this spectral range, and examples of soil reflectance measurements performed during Polish-French cooperation.
keywords soil surface reflectance, bidirectional reflectance distribution function, remote sensing