Using remotely sensed data to estimate surface albedo and absorbed photosynthetic active radiation

Author

Toll, David L. ; Shirey, David A. ; Kimes, Dan S.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1461

Abstract

Field spectrometer and pyranometer data from the First ISLSCP Field Experiment (FIFE) of the Konza tall grass prairie were used to study algorithms for estimating surface albedo and absorbed photosynthetic active radiation (APAR). The purpose is towards developing an approach to use repetitive and synoptic satellite data such as from the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) to derive biophysical parameters at the land surface. Several algorithms and corrections are studied-to reduce the error from using remotely sensed data to estimate surface albedo and APAR

Keywords

albedo; atmospheric radiation; remote sensing; APAR; AVHRR; FIFE; First ISLSCP Field Experiment; Kansas; Konza tall grass prairie; NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; USA; absorbed photosynthetic active radiation; biophysical parameters; field spectrometer and pyranometer data; land surface albedo; pyranometer data; remotely sensed data; repetitive satellite data; synoptic satellite data; Atmosphere; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Error correction; Land surface; Radiometry; Reflectivity; Satellite broadcasting; Soil; Solar radiation; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399469

Filename

399469