Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

King, Roger L.

Committee Member

Cox, Michael

Committee Member

Younan, Nicolas

Date of Degree

12-14-2001

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Electrical Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Engineering

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

Remote sensing data acquisition often requires a revisit to the same target. Therefore, it is not always possible to have the same illumination and viewing conditions. Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) is an attempt to predict the reflectance of an object for any given viewing and illumination geometry by explaining the interaction of the incident energy with the target object, the medium lying between the source and the target, and the interaction of the reflected energy with the medium between the target and the sensor. In this study various factors affecting BRDF were explored. Various factors contribute to this characteristic of the surface to reflect unequally in different directions like its structure, shape, degree of absorption and transmittance. Bidirectional Reflectance Factor, Anisotropic Factor, and Anisotropic Index were used in the research. Radiances were recorded using the Sandmeier Field Goniometer of target areas at the agricultural farms of Mississippi State University.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19198

Comments

remote sensing||BRDF||goniometer||anisotropy||soil roughness

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