An algorithm for the retrieval of albedo from space using semiempirical BRDF models

By Wolfgang Lucht, Crystal Barker Schaaf, Alan H. Strahler. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2000

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The value of multiangle measurements for retrieving structurally and radiatively consistent properties of clouds, aerosols, and surfaces (2005, background): “Using time series of MODIS Nadir BRDF-Adjusted surface Reflectances (NBAR) (Friedl et al., 2002; Zhang et al., 2003) and related products in 2001, coherent spatial patterns of the transition dates of both greenup onset and dormancy onset were found in northern middle and high latitudes, with vegetat”
Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications (2019, background): “Thus, Landsat-8 land surface albedo is derived by coupling Landsat observations with MODIS or VIIRS BRDF information (Shuai et al., 2011).”
The role of albedo and accumulation in the 2010 melting record in Greenland (2011, background): “Black- and white-sky albedos can be combined as a function of the diffuse skylight for a representation of the actual albedo such as measured by field instruments (Lucht et al 2000).”
The MODIS cloud products: algorithms and examples from Terra (2003, positive): “The MODIS surface spectral BRDF/albedo product MOD43 [31] provides 16-day 1-km composites of clear-sky observations for both bidirectional reflectance and albedo (solar illumination and diffuse sky) in most MODIS solar bands used in the cloud retrieval algorithm (exception being the 3.7-m band).”
Considerations in the parametric modeling of BRDF and albedo from multiangular satellite sensor observations (2000, methodology): “However, there are strong indications (Hu et al, 1997; Privette et al, 1997; Cabot and Dedieu, 1997; Lucht et al, 2000a) that there are several models which provide acceptable fits to a large majority of fieldobserved BRDF data sets, for example the RossThick-LiSparse model (Wanner et al, 1995) or…”
Filling-in of near-infrared solar lines by terrestrial fluorescence and other geophysical effects: simulations and space-based observations from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT (2012, positive): “To compute Iclr, we use the black-sky 16day gridded filled-land surface albedo product from Aqua MODIS (MOD43B3) at 865 nm (Lucht et al., 2000).”
Bidirectional reflectance of Earth targets: evaluation of analytical models using a large set of spaceborne measurements with emphasis on the Hot Spot (2004, methodology): “The ‘‘Ross Thick Li Sparse reciprocal combination’’, hereafter referred to as Ross–Li model, was selected for the processing of MODIS land surface measurements (Lucht et al., 2000).”
Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and early results (2002, methodology): “Finally, because the MODIS instrument views the earth’s surface from a range of view zenith angles, the MLCCA uses nadir BRDF-adjusted reflectance (NBAR) data based on the MODIS BRDF/ albedo product ( Lucht, Schaaf, & Strahler, 2000 ).”
Multiangle implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC): 1. Radiative transfer basis and look-up tables (2011, methodology): “We are using a semiempirical Ross–Thick Li–Sparse (RTLS) BRF model [ Lucht et al., 2000 ].”
Retrieving tropospheric nitrogen dioxide from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: effects of aerosols, surface reflectance anisotropy, and vertical profile of nitrogen dioxide (2013, methodology): “The instrument operated in Beijing and Xianghe was designed at BIRA-IASB and is described extensively by Clémer et al. (2010). It is a dual-channel system composed of two thermally regulated grating spectrometers covering the ultraviolet and visible wavelength ranges (300–390 nm and 400–720 nm, resp”
Next-generation angular distribution models for top-of-atmosphere radiative flux calculation from CERES instruments: validation (2015, methodology): “This is because the effect that sastrugi have on the snow BRDF depends on their orientation relative to the sun.”