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Modeling the land surface reflectance for optical remote sensing data in rugged terrain

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A model for topographic correction and land surface reflectance estimation for optical remote sensing data in rugged terrian is presented. Considering a directional-directional reflectance that is used for direct solar irradiance correction and a hemispheric-directional reflectance that is used for atmospheric diffuse irradiance and terrain background reflected irradiance correction respectively, the directional reflectance-based model for topographic effects removing and land surface reflectance calculation is developed by deducing the directional reflectance with topographic effects and using a radiative transfer model. A canopy reflectance simulated by GOMS model and Landsat/TM raw data covering Jiangxi rugged area were taken to validate the performance of the model presented in the paper. The validation results show that the model presented here has a remarkable ability to correct topography and estimate land surface reflectance and also provides a technique method for sequently quantitative remote sensing application in terrain area.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, jointly sponsored by the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100101, China

    JianGuang Wen, QinHuo Liu, Qing Xiao, Qiang Liu & XiaoWen Li

  2. Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Qing Xiao

  3. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

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Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40730525), Knowledge Innovation Engineering Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-313) and China’s Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Project (Grant No. 2007CB714401)

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Wen, J., Liu, Q., Xiao, Q. et al. Modeling the land surface reflectance for optical remote sensing data in rugged terrain. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 51, 1169–1178 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-008-0085-5

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