Simultaneous estimation of leaf directional-hemispherical reflectance and transmittance from multi-angular canopy reflectance

Remote sensing retrieval of foliar biochemical traits via inversion of radiative transfer models is hampered by the uncertainties arising from the ill-posed problem of insufficient remote sensing information for the inversion. The use of leaf transmittance in addition to leaf reflectance in retrieving leaf traits could be a key step to alleviate this issue. To achieve this objective, our study introduces a novel theoretical framework for the …