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Remote Sens. 2009, 1, 496-518; doi:10.3390/rs1030496 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Evaluation and Normalization of Cloud Obscuration Related BRDF Effects in Field Spectroscopy Jan Stuckens , Ben Somers , Willem W. Verstraeten , Rony Swennen and Pol Coppin M3 BIORES, K.U. Leuven, de Croylaan 34, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; E-Mails: Ben.Somers@biw.kuleuven.be (B.S.); Willem.Verstraeten@biw.kuleuven.be (W.W.V.); Pol.Coppin@biw.kuleuven.be (P.C.) Division of Crop Biotechnics, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 13, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; E-Mail: Rony.Swennen@biw.kuleuven.be (R.S.) Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: Jan.Stuckens@biw.kuleuven.be; Tel.: +32 16 32 97 49. Received: 1 July 2009; in revised form: 7 August 2009 / Accepted: 11 August 2009 / Published: 25 August 2009 Abstract: The impact of target bidirectional reflectance in dual field of view spectroscopy was described and quantified using field measurements and ray-tracing simulations. A data-driven normalization method was developed to convert reflectance factors under cloud obscured con- ditions into clear sky reflectance by decomposing the target bidirectional reflectance into an isotropic target-specific component and a group-specific bidirectional component. An evalua- tion on tree, grass and gravel targets suggests a reduction in relative reflectance error obtained by normalization from 15% to less than 5% between 400 and 1800 nm. At higher wavelengths a decreased signal-to-noise ratio increases the errors. Keywords: dual field-of-view; spect