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BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Product

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The MOD43B1 BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters Product (MODIS/Terra BRDF/Albedo Model_1 16-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid) supplies the weighting parameters associated with the RossThickLiSparseReciprocal BRDF model that best describes the anisotropy of each pixel. Model parameters are provided for MODIS spectral bands 1-7 (0.659, 0.865, 0.470, 0.555, 1.24, 1.64, 2.13µm) as well as for three broad bands (0.3-0.7µm, 0.7-5.0µm, and 0.3-5.0µm).
Developer
Crystal Schaff, Alan Strahler (Boston University Center for Remote Sensing)
Feng Gao (Earth Resources Technology)
Wolfgang Lucht (Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung)
Scientific documentation
http://www-modis.bu.edu/brdf/userguide/intro.html
http://www-modis.bu.edu/brdf/userguide/publications.html
  • Schaaf, C. B., F. Gao, A. H. Strahler, W. Lucht, X. Li, T. Tsang, N. C. Strugnell, X. Zhang, Y. Jin, J.-P. Muller, P. Lewis, M. Barnsley, P. Hobson, M. Disney, G. Roberts, M. Dunderdale, C. Doll, R. d'Entremont, B. Hu, S. Liang, and J. L. Privette, First Operational BRDF, Albedo and Nadir Reflectance Products from MODIS, Remote Sens. Environ., 83, 135-148, 2002.
  • Lucht, W., C.B. Schaaf, and A.H. Strahler. An Algorithm for the retrieval of albedo from space using semiempirical BRDF models, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 38, 977-998, 2000.
  • Lucht, W., Expected retrieval accuracies of bidirectional reflectance and albedo from EOS-MODIS and MISR angular sampling, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 8763-8778, 1998.
  • Lucht, W., and P. Lewis. Theoretical noise sensitivity of BRDF and albedo retrieval from the EOS-MODIS and MISR sensors with respect to angular sampling, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 21, 81-98, 2000.
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Earth Observing System Data Gateway
https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/~wist/api/imswelcome/
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