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This is largely due to the difficulty of obtaining accurate in-situ BRDF of these materials over the entire hemisphere. The objective of the work presented here is to describe a new technique that combines the measurement of field BRDF data on desert and beach sands measured at night with a model that reproduces the backscatter except in a small region around zero phase angle. It is found that this combination produces parameterized BRDF of sufficient accuracy to allow its inclusion in a remote sensing materials database. The measurement technique was developed in the laboratory and transitioned to perform in-plane BRDF field measurements of sands at night. Field measurements were obtained using a portable light source and field spectrometer over the range of 0.4\u20132.4 micrometers. The spectrometer sensor optics and light source were mounted on a portable, manually operated goniometer allowing in-plane measurements to within 3 degrees of backscatter. Unlike daytime measurements, corrections for background were unnecessary, and BRDF was obtained by referencing to a Spectralon calibration standard. Analysis of the spectrometer field data used a variant of the Shadow Hiding Opposition Effect (SHOE) wherein a series expansion of Legendre Polynomials was substituted for the angularly dependent backscatter function. It is shown that when the out-of-plane scattering and the backscatter peak are small, this model provides an adequate description of the BRDF. The combination of the nocturnal in-situ measurements with an analysis using a model that can describe the backscatter produces parameterized BRDF for these sands of sufficient accuracy to allow inclusion in the NEFDS materials database. Measurement and analysis techniques are assessed, sample results for both the laboratory and field data are shown, and the extension to future soils measurements are discussed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14195020","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,10]],"date-time":"2022-10-10T03:07:28Z","timestamp":1665371248000},"page":"5020","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Field Reflectance Measurements at Night of Beach and Desert Sands within a Particulate BRDF Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"John E.","family":"Wise","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cortana Corporation, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA"}]},{"given":"John C.","family":"Mars","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Westlund, H.B., and Meyer, G.W. 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