Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, Volume. 36, Issue 9, 2749(2016)

A Forward Kernel Function for Fitting in situ Measured Snow Bidirectional Reflectance Factor

QU Ying1,2, LIU Qiang3,4, and LIU Su-hong2,4
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    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.

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    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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    Paper Information

    Received: Mar. 23, 2015

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2016

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    DOI:10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2016)09-2749-06

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