Derivative analysis for in situ high dynamic range hemispherical photography and its application in forest stands

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-300

  Jonckheere, Inge G C ^b   Muys, Bart ^b   Coppin, Pol R ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canopy parameters; Derivative analysis; High dynamic range hemispherical photography; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

CANOPY PARAMETER; DERIVATIVE ANALYSIS; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; THRESHOLDING;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 27744521570     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.846904     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. C. M. P. Ozanne, D. Anhuf, S. L. Boulter, M. Keller, R. L. Kitching, C. Korner, F. C. Meinzer, A. W. Mitchell, T. Nakashizuka, P. L. S. Dias, N. E. Stork, S. J. Wright, and M. Yoshimura, "Biodiversity meets the atmosphere: A global view of forest canopies," Science, vol. 301, pp. 183-186, 2003.
2. J. M. Chen, P. M. Rich, S. T. Gower, J. M. Norman, and S. Plummer, "Leaf area index of boreal forests: Theory, techniques, and measurements," Geophys. Res. - Atmos., vol. 102, pp. 29429-29443, 1997.
3. I. Jonckheere, S. Fleck, K. Nackaerts, B. Muys, P. Coppin, M. Weiss, and F. Baret, "Review of methods for in situ leaf area index determination - part I. Theories, sensors and hemispherical photography," Agric. For. Meteorol., vol. 121, pp. 19-35, Jan. 2004.
4. G. W. Frazer, J. A. Trofymow, and J. A. Lertzman, "A method for estimating canopy openness, effective leaf area index, and photosynthetically active photon flux density using hemispherical photography and computerized image analysis techniques," K. P. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada, Information Report BC-X-373, 1997.
5. J. W. Chason, D. D. Baldocchi, and M. A. H. Chason, "A comparison of direct and indirect methods for estimating forest canopy leaf area," Agric. For. Meteorol., vol. 57, pp. 107-128, Dec. 1991.
6. K. Nackaerts, "Modeling of Leaf Area Index as a Scale-Integrated Indicator for Forest Monitoring," PhD dissertation, Aug. 2002.
7. K. Blennow, "Sky view factors from high resolution scanned fisheye lens photographic negatives," J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., vol. 12, pp. 1357-1362, 1995.
8. R. Bonhomme, C. Varlet-Grancher, and P. Chartier, "The use of hemispherical photographs for determining the leaf area index of young crops," Photosynthetica, vol. 8, pp. 299-301, 1974.
9. M. Weiss, F. Baret, G. J. Smith, I. Jonckheere, and P. Coppin, "Review of methods for in-situ leaf area index determination, part II: Estimation of LAI, errors and sampling," Agric. For. Meteorol., vol. 121, pp. 37-53, Jan. 2004.
10. S. G. Leblanc and J. M. Chen, "A practical scheme for correcting multiple scattering effects on optical LAI measurements," Agric. For. Meteorol., vol. 110, pp. 125-139, 2001.
11. S. Jacquemoud and F. Baret, "Prospect - A model of leaf-optical properties spectra," Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 34, pp. 75-91, 1990.
12. J.-M. N. Walter, R. A. Fournier, K. Soudani, and E. Meyer, "Integrating clumping effects in forest canopy structure: An assessment through hemispherical photographs," Can. J. Remote Sens., vol. 29, pp. 388-410, 2003.
13. T. H. Demetriades-Shah, M. D. Steven, and J. A. Clark, "High resolution derivative spectra in remote sensing," Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 33, pp. 55-64, 1990.
14. J. Steinier, Y. Termonia, and J. Deltour, "Comments on smoothing and differentiation of data by simplified least squares procedure," Anal. Chem., vol. 44, pp. 1906-1909, 1972.
15. I. Jonckheere, B. Muys, and P. Coppin, "Allometry and optical in-situ LAI determination: A case-study in Belgium," Tree Physiol., vol. 25, pp. 723-732, 2005.
16. W. Ridler and S. Calvard, "Picture thresholding using an iterative selection method," IEEE Trans. Syst. Man. Cybern., vol. SMC-8, pp. 260-263, 1978.