Quantitative Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces

Preface. Acronyms. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1 Quantitative Models in Optical remote Sensing. 1.2 Basic Concepts. 1.3 Remote Sensing Modeling System. 1.4 Summary. 1.5 References. Chapter 2. Atmospheric Shortwave Radiative Transfer Modeling. 2.1 Radiative Transfer Equation. 2.2 Surface Statistical BRDF Models. 2.3 Atmospheric Optical Properties. 2.4 Solving Radiative Transfer Equations. 2.5 Approximate Representation for Incorporating Surface BRDF. 2.6 Summary. 2.7 References. Chapter 3. Canopy Reflectance Modeling. 3.1 Canopy Radiative Transfer Formulation. 3.2 Leaf Optical Models. 3.3 Solving Radiative Transfer Equations. 3.4 Geometric Optical Models. 3.5 Computer Simulation Models. 3.6 Summary. 3.7…