• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.577-585
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• 2010

This paper is a part of developing a software that predicts the infrared signal emitted from a ground object by considering solar irradiation. The radiance emitted from a surface can be calculated by using the temperature and optical characteristics of the surface object. The bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) is defined as the ratio of reflected radiance to incident irradiance. It is a very important surface reflection property that decides the reflected radiance from the object. In this paper, the spectral radiance received by a remote sensor over the mid-wave infrared(MWIR), and the long-wave infrared(LWIR) regions are computed and compared each other for several different materials. The results show that the optical surface properties such as the BRDF and the emissivity of the object surface can play a major role in generating the infrared signatures of various objects, and the largest infrared signal may reach up to 10 times the smallest one when the infrared signals obtained from a flat plate with different surface conditions under the sun light.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2003.11b
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• pp.630-633
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• 2003

최근에 조명의 표현 성능을 향상시키기 위한 몇 가지 기술이 발전되었다. Homomorphic Factorization(HF) 기반의 새로운 기술은 BRDF에 근사화 하지는 않는다. 그러나 전체조명 장면에서의 isotropic BRDF의 full lighting computation을 대신할 수 있다. 이 방법으로 현재 그래픽 하드웨어의 일반적인 성능을 이용하여 최소 두개의 2D Texture로 Isotropic illumination 환경을 시뮬레이션 할 수 있었다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.1037-1044
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• 2007

Metallic paint is one of the most widely used coating in automotive, cosmetic and other applications because of its well-known ability to give a product realistic look which creates widespread consumer appeal. But, this coating has complicated subsurface structure which includes pigments, flakes, and transparent clearcoat. Though various analytic reflection models are available to simulate appearance of various surfaces, it is difficult to select an appropriate reflection model with faithful parameters for simulating this coating due to the complex subsurface structure of metallic paints. This paper presents a framework for accurate modeling of metallic coating by determining an appropriate reflection model among various existing BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) models. The selection of the appropriate model is achieved by measuring BRDF of various metallic paint samples using a BRDF measuring device i.e. gonioreflectometer and fitting an existing model to the measured data. Then, this model is effectively realized by rendering metallic painted surfaces. We believe that this framework can serve as a guide for those who wants to render metallic painted surfaces accurately with analytic BRDF model without expending time on extracting BRDF data using gonioreflectometer from real metallic paint sample.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.6_1
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• pp.1427-1435
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• 2023

Vegetation indices based on selected wavelength reflectance measurements are used to represent crop growth and physiological conditions. However, the anisotropic properties of the crop canopy surface can govern spectral reflectance and vegetation indices. In this study, we applied an ensemble of bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) models to high-resolution Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and compared the differences between correction results before and after reflectance. In the red and near-infrared (NIR) band reflectance images, BRDF-corrected outlier values appeared in certain urban and paddy fields of farmland areas and forest shadow areas. These effects were equally observed when calculating the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and 2-band enhanced vegetation index (EVI2). Furthermore, the outlier values in corrected NIR band were shown in pixels shadowed by mountain terrain. These results are expected to contribute to the development and improvement of BRDF models in high-resolution satellite images.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.175-188
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• 2010

A new correction method is required for the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI), which is the world's first ocean color observing sensor in geostationary orbit. In this paper we introduce a new method of atmospheric and the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function(BRDF) correction for GOCI. The Spectral Shape Matching Method(SSMM) and the Sun Glint Correction Algorithm(SGCA) were developed for atmospheric correction, and BRDF correction was improved using Inherent Optical Property(IOP) data. Each method was applied to the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor(SeaWiFS) images obtained in the Korean sea area. More accurate estimates of chlorophyll concentrations could be possible in the turbid coastal waters as well as areas severely affected by aerosols.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.653-664
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• 2010

The land surface reflectance is a key parameter influencing the climate near the surface. Therefore, it must be determined with sufficient accuracy for climate change research. In particular, the characteristics of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) when using earth observation system (EOS) are important for normalizing the reflected solar radiation from the earth's surface. Also, wide swath satellites like SPOT/VGT (VEGETATION) permit sufficient angular sampling, but high resolution satellites are impossible to obtain sufficient angular sampling over a pixel during short period because of their narrow swath scanning. This gives a difficulty to BRDF model based reflectance normalization of high resolution satellites. The principal objective of the study is to add BRDF modeling of high resolution satellites and to supply insufficient angular sampling through identifying BRDF components from SPOT/VGT. This study is performed as the preliminary data for apply to high-resolution satellite. The study provides surface parameters by eliminating BRD effect when calculated biophysical index of plant by BRDF model. We use semi-empirical BRDF model to identify the BRD components. This study uses SPOT/VGT satellite data acquired in the S1 (daily) data. Modeled reflectance values show a good agreement with measured reflectance values from SPOT satellite. This study analyzes BRD effect components by using the NDVI(Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and the angle components such as solar zenith angle, satellite zenith angle and relative azimuth angle. Geometric scattering kernel mainly depends on the azimuth angle variation and volumetric scattering kernel is less dependent on the azimuth angle variation. Also, forest from land cover shows the wider distribution of value than cropland, overall tendency is similar. Forest shows relatively larger value of geometric term ($K_1{\cdot}f_1$) than cropland, When performed comparison between cropland and forest. Angle and NDVI value are closely related.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.281-284
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• 1999

Ground truth measurement system using RC helicopter is very useful to measure BRDF. The helicopter is operated human operator but it can keep its position by GPS aided hovering system. We developed the measurement system and have done ground truth in Mongolia in the summer of 1999 and have made sure the system can measure BRDF expectedly.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.99.1-99.1
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• 2012

Hapke의 양방향 분포 함수를 균일하게 입힌 실 크기 3차원 달표면 BRDF 모델을 이용한 달의 조도 수치모사 와 Big Bear Solar Observatory(BBSO)의 달빛 조도 관측 결과를 비교하였다. 1999년 9월 5일 UT9:30에서 UT12:30까지 지구상의 $34^{\circ}$ 15'30.04"N $116^{\circ}$ 55'16.49"W 위치에서 계산된 달의 조도가 관측된 조도와 1% 이내의 차이를 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 이후 검증된 달의 BRDF 모델과 램버시안 산란 지구 모델을 이용해 시간별 전 지구 알베도 추이를 광선 추적 수치 모사한 결과와 실제 BBSO에서의 측정결과 간 1% 이내의 차이를 보이는 것을 확인하여, .BRDF 모델과 광선추적 수치모사 기법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.427-428
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose an BRDF measurement method based on laser light scattering, which is very effective for roughness measurement. The measurement setup has a very simple configuration, which consists of a collimated green laser, a detector. The experimental tests show that the BRDF measurement has difference between good Au Pad and bad Au Pad.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.18-24
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• 2017

This paper is a part of developing a computer code that can be used to generate synthetic IR images by calculating the outgoing infrared signal from objects. To predict the reflected component that is a part of the outgoing IR signal, such as those components reflected from the target surface by the solar and sky irradiations, it is necessary to calculate the complicated BRDF values for considering the directional surface reflection characteristics. Since the calculation of reflectance using the BRDF requires a large amount of computation time due to the hemispherical integral term, it is frequently restricted in applying for a real-time prediction of IR signal. In this research, the simplified method for calculating IR reflected component has been proposed by replacing the integral terms into two parts, a directionally uniform component and a step function representing the specular component, to reduce computation time. The proposed method is proved to result in very fast calculation of the BRDF (up to 600 times faster calculations) for most of the surfaces with minimal loss of the accuracy.