For a succesful and sustainable forest management, digital images
which are taken below the forest canopy or with airborne and
satellite sensors, can provide important information which may
not be visible for the human eye. However, the interpretation and
analysis of these images is rather complex. The optical signal is
influenced by different internal and external parameters like the
optical properties of the different forest elements, the forest
structure, the atmosphere, the view and sensor geometry. The aim
of this project is to develop a virtual laboratory for the accu-
rate investigation of the light-forest interaction process. To
develop the virtual laboratory a three dimensional forest model
or Forest scene model will be constructed first based on a limi-
ted amount of radiometric and geometric parameters. Next, this
FS-model will be visualised by simulating the interaction of the
light with the forest. ....
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bidirectional reflectance, biophysical parameters, forest reflectance model, forest structure, global illumination, plant modeling, radiative transfer model, realistic image synthesis
