A test of the Suits vegetative-canopy reflectance model with LARS soybean-canopy reflectance data

Abstract
The Suits vegetative-canopy reflectance model is tested with an extensive set of field reflectance measurements made by the Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing (LARS) for soybean canopies. The model is tested for the full hemisphere of observer directions as well as the nadir direction. The results show moderate agreement for the visible channels of the LANDSAT MSS and poor agreement in the near-infrared channel of LANDSAT MSS. An analysis of errors is given