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Ross Thin
Ross Thick
Roujean
Li Sparse
Li Dense
Walthall
The NIR band(s) (see Figure 2) can also be used for kernel fitting and
have been so. They were not originally used as the model being tested at
Goonoo did not compute multiple scattering in the canopy. The SWIR and
thermal provided ideal tests for the simple models and the multiple scattering
present in the NIR is such that the Ross and Li-dense models should be
much more useful than the simple Li-sparse which fits the SWIR Goonoo
data very well. The main point is that these data are for the same landscape
for which fieldwork had established that it was relatively low cover of trees
with established structural properties.