B.S. Caltech 1982, Ph.D. RIT 1994
Imaging Science and Remote Sensing
"Definition and Invariance Properties of Structured Surface BRDF,"
W.C. Snyder,
IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
40 1032-1037 (2002)
tgrsbrdf.pdf
"Structured Surface Reciprocity: Theory and Counterexamples,"
W.C. Snyder,
Applied Optics,
41 4307-4313 (2002)
teleao.pdf
"Accuracy estimation for quasi-Monte Carlo simulations,"
W.C. Snyder,
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation,
54 131-143 (2000)
quasiacc.pdf
"Classification-based emissivity for land surface temperature
measurement from space,"
W.C. Snyder,
Int. J. Remote Sensing,
19 2753-2774 (1998)
"Thermodynamic constraints on reflectance reciprocity and Kirchhoff's law,"
W.C. Snyder, Z. Wan, and X. Li,
Applied Optics,
37 3464-3470 (1998)
"Reciprocity of the Bidirectional Reflectance
Distribution Function (BRDF) in Measurements
and Models of Structured Surfaces,"
W.C. Snyder,
IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
36 685-691 (1998)
recip.pdf
"BRDF Models to Predict Spectral Reflectance and
Emissivity in the Thermal Infrared,"
W.C. Snyder and Z. Wan,
IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
36 214-225 (1998)
brdfmodels.pdf
"Requirements for satellite land surface temperature validation using a
silt playa"
W. C. Snyder, Z. Wan, Y. Zhang, and Y. Feng,
Remote Sensing of Environment,
(1997)
"MODIS LST Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document" Z. Wan and W. C. Snyder (1996)
"Thermal infrared (3-14um) bidirectional reflectance measurements of sands
and soils"
W. C. Snyder, Z. Wan, Y. Zhang, and Y. Feng,
Remote Sensing of Environment,
(1996)
"Surface temperature correction for active infrared reflectance measurements
of natural materials,"
W. C. Snyder and Z. Wan,
Applied Optics,
(1996)
"A general in-scene parameter estimation method for quantitative image
analysis," W. C. Snyder,
IGARSS '94 Proceedings,
(1994)
Download spectral emissivity data from classification-based emissivity paper (above):
combo.tar.gz
Download J. Salisbury's water, ice, snow, soil, mineral, and vegetation spectra in electronic form: salislib.tar.gz
Simon Hook's JPL Aster Spectral Library is here.
For more information, data, code, and reprints please E-mail:
wcsnyder@ieee.org
Last updated May 09, 2002
Currently in Boston working at ALPHATECH Inc.
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Other BRDF and Spectral Reflectance Resources
Excerpts from Nicodemus' original NBS standards monograph NBS160 for BRDF:
nbs160.pdf.
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