Retrieving of LAI and fAPAR with airborne POLDER data over various biomes

Author

Bicheron, P. ; Leroy, M. ; Hautecoeur, O.

Author_Institution

Centre d´´Etudes Spatiale de la BIOsphere, Toulouse, France

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

556

Abstract

The objectives of the paper is to study a method of retrieval of LAI and fAPAR parameters based on the inversion of a BRDF model against remote sensing data from forthcoming wide field of view optical satellite sensors such as POLDER/ADEOS, VGT/SPOT4, MODIS/EOS, MISR/EOS. The model used is that of Kuusk (1994). The evaluation of this approach is made with field data and airborne POLDER acquired during BOREAS 94 and HAPEX 92. The results show that the LAI is restituted with an accuracy higher than that obtained with a semi-empirical relationship LAI-vegetation index. The daily fAPAR is also very well restituted. It is concluded that the retrieval of biophysical parameters from inversion of a BRDF model is promising in the perspective of a quantitative characterization of the terrestrial biosphere

Keywords

geophysical techniques; inverse problems; remote sensing; BRDF model; LAI; airborne POLDER data; biophysical parameters; fAPAR; fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation; geophysical measurement technique; inverse problem; inversion; leaf area index; optical imaging; retrieval method; satellite remote sensing; vegetation mapping; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Earth Observing System; Information retrieval; Instruments; MODIS; Optical sensors; Satellites; Spatial resolution; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.615941

Filename

615941