News: Version 1.5 (05/2021): changelog.
AnisView is an educational software to visualize the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) using one of the two radiative transfer models RPV and MRPV. AnisView has the following features:
Graphic display modes:
- Geometry: an interactive mode to visualize the user-driven illumination and observation geometry.
- Single BRF value: BRF as a function of the selected geometry and BRDF model parameters.
- 2-D plot: a cross-cut or plane along a specified azimuthal direction.
- 2-D contour plot: circular view of the BRDF field including interactive readout of BRF values.
- 3-D rectangular/polar plot: 3-D visualization of the BRDF field.
Other features:
- the BRDF-model settings and the graphic display can be saved in a variety of formats.
- overlay of observation zenith angles for the sensors ATSR, AVHRR, MODIS, MISR, SPECTRA.
- isotropic and lambert settings
Using AnisView requires accepting the AnisView End User Licence Agreement: EULA
AnisView is available for the following operating systems (please use right-click - Save as and download the installer to a local directory). First download and read the AnisView installation instructions. They contain important additional information to ensure a correct installation and functioning of the application.
- Linux: AnisView1.5_linux64.run generic installer package, or system installer (rpm/deb): Fedora, SuseLeap, *buntu
- Mac OS-X: AnisView1.5_macOS.dmg
- MS-Windows: AnisView1.5_windows.exe
- IDL source code: AnisView.pro
To ensure the package integrity, compare the md5sum of your downloaded package against the AnisView md5sum list.
The installation requires no administrator rights. It will extract the entire package, including documenation, manual, disclaimer and the source code, into a single directory. After the installation, the extracted directory AnisView can be copied/moved to a different location or device, e.g., an external USB-flashdrive. In this case, please use the included launcher to start AnisView from its new location.
Citation:
Vogt P.; Verstraete, M.M.; 2021. AnisView. Available at: https://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/lpa/anisview/
RPV: Rahman, H., B. Pinty, and M. M. Verstraete (1993) 'Coupled surface-atmosphere reflectance (CSAR) model. 2. Semi-empirical surface model usable with NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data', Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 20,791-20,801. DOI: 10.1029/93JD02072
MRPV: Engelsen, O., B. Pinty, M. M. Verstraete, and J. V. Martonchik (1996) Parametric
Bidirectional Reflectance Factor Models: Evaluation, Improvements and Applications,
EC Joint Research Centre, Technical Report No. EUR 16426 EN, 114 p.
Contact: peter.vogt[at]ec.europa.eu