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PARABOLA  

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  • PARABOLA (The Portable Apparatus for Rapid Acquisitions of Bidirectional Observations of Land and Atmosphere) is an instrument specifically designed to measure variations in reflectance of forest canopies as a function of solar and sensor viewing geometry, wavelength, and canopy biophysical characteristics.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/cc237196-3891-40fb-b502-01fb09dae72f

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