Retrieving forest background reflectance in a boreal region from Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) data

Studies of the bidirectional behavior of forest canopy have shown that the total reflectance of a forest canopy is the combination of illuminated and shaded components of the tree crown as well as the background. In this study, we estimate the background portion from the bidirectional reflection observed by Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument which scans the earth in nine different view angles in an oblique plane relative to …