Title

Estimation of Global Leaf Area Index and Adsorbed Par Using Radioactive Transfer Models

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Publication Date

11-1997

Volume

35

Issue

6

First Page

1380

Last Page

1393

Abstract

A simple method for the estimation of global leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by the vegetation (FAPAR) from atmospherically corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) observations is described. Recent improvements to the authors' three dimensional radiative transfer model of a vegetated surface are described. Example simulation results and a validation exercise are discussed. The model was utilized to derive land cover specific NDVI-LAI and NDVI-FAPAR relations. The method therefore requires stratification of global vegetation into cover types that are compatible with the radiative transfer model. Such a classification based on vegetation structure is proposed and a simple method for its derivation is presented. Proof-of-concept results are given to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed method.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/36.649788

Rights

© 1997 IEEE

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