A BRDF–BPDF database for the analysis of Earth target reflectances

Breon, Francois-Marie; Maignan, Fabienne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-31-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-31-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-31-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Brief communication

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20 Jan 2017

Brief communication |

| 20 Jan 2017

A BRDF–BPDF database for the analysis of Earth target reflectances

Francois-Marie Breon and Fabienne Maignan

Data sets

A BRDF-BPDF database for the analysis of Earth targets reflectances Francois-Marie Bréon https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864090

POLDER/PARASOL Level-1 and Level-2 products CNES http://icare.univ-lille1.fr

Short summary

We have used a large database of multidirectional land surface reflectance measured from space, including polarization properties, to build a database of representative BRDFs and BPDFs. This database can be used to assess the variability in land surface reflectances, in particular their directional and polarization signatures, and to evaluate models. We have also built an interactive tool for an easy analysis of the database contents.