The effect of surface roughness and polarization on the snow bi-directional reflectance factor (BRF): Model simulations and validation using NASA Cloud Absorption Radiometer measurements.


Nan Chen, Stevens Institute of Technology, Union City, NJ, United States, Wei Li, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, United States, Gatebe Charles, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Tomonori Tanikawa, JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan, Masahiro Hori, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan, Teruo Aoki, Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan; Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Rigen Shimada, JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan and Knut H Stamnes, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, United States