http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/RSinARS/...s/poster08.htm

ok, so that is the site that those fucked up graphs came from... they say that

"BRDF characterization for different species in heterogeneous situations."

http://www-modis.bu.edu/brdf/brdfexpl.html

is a site that explains what that means...


and now for something actually useful...

http://list.terc.edu/pipermail/maine...il/000786.html

"Here's yet another NASA spinoff. Originally developed to detect ice accumulation on the external tank of the shuttle, this imaging system is now being adapted for early detection of disease in crops and trees.
Please disseminate as appropriate."

"When used in this application, the multi-spectral imaging system along with the real-time processor immediately provides the user with an indication of the amount of chlorophyll in the plant's leaves," Spiering explains. "Previously, the process required the recording of multiple images of the same scene. The images were then matched and aligned with each other, processed
and then made available for display only on a computer."
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