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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-3195</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agrociencia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-3195</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Postgraduados]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-31952007000500527</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Modelación de los efectos de la geometría sol-sensor en la reflectancia de la vegetación]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Modelation of the sun-sensor geometry effects in the vegetation reflectance]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bolaños-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martín A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Paz-Pellat]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palacios-Vélez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mejía-Sáenz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huete]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montecillo Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tucson AZ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>527</fpage>
<lpage>537</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-31952007000500527&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-31952007000500527&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-31952007000500527&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La reflectancia superficial no es sólo una función de las propiedades espectrales de la radiación incidente y de la anisotropía de la superficie, sino también de la dirección desde la cual dicha superficie es iluminada y vista, es decir, depende de la geometría iluminación-visión (sol-sensor en el caso específico de imágenes de satélite) con la cual es captada. La dependencia de la reflectancia superficial en la geometría sol-sensor se describe por la Función de Distribución de Reflectancia Bidireccional (BRDF, por sus siglas en inglés). Por ello, es necesario minimizar estos efectos como paso inicial para el cálculo de índices de vegetación o cualquier otra estimación realizada con base en reflectancia superficial que pretenda vincularse a características biofísicas de cultivos o vegetación natural. En esta investigación se desarrolló y evaluó un modelo que estima la reflectancia a nadir, en las bandas del Rojo (R) e Infrarrojo Cercano (IRC), con un solo dato de reflectancia obtenido con cualquier combinación de la geometría sol-sensor. El modelo propuesto se validó con datos experimentales tomados en un pastizal natural, obteniéndose resultados adecuados (R2=0.967).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Surface reflectance is not only a function of the spectral properties of incident radiation and surface anisotropy, but also of the direction from which the surface is illuminated and seen; that is, it depends on the illumination-vision geometry (sun-sensor in the specific cases of satellite images) with which it is acquired. The dependence of surface reflectance on sunsensor geometry is described by the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). For that reason, it is necessary to minimize these effects as the first step in calculating vegetation indexes or any other estimation based on surface reflectance that intends to link bio-physical characteristics of crops or natural vegetation. In this study, a model that estimates reflectance at nadir of the red (R) and near infrared (IRC) bands with a single datum of reflectance obtained with any combination of sun-sensor geometry is developed and evaluated. The proposed model was validated with experimental data taken in a natural grassland, with which adequate results (R2=0.967) were obtained.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[BRDF]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[geometría sol-sensor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reflectancia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[BRDF]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sun-sensor geometry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[reflectance]]></kwd>
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