Multi-angular reflectance properties of a hemiboreal forest: An analysis using CHRIS PROBA data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2627-2642

  Rautiainen, Miina ^a,b   Lang, Mait ^a   Mõttus, Matti ^a   Kuusk, Andres ^a   Nilson, Tiit ^a   Kuusk, Joel ^a   Lükk, Tõnu ^a  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest reflectance model; FRT; Hemiboreal; Hyperspectral; Multi angular canopy reflectance; VALERI

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOREST REFLECTANCE MODELS; MULTI ANGULAR REFLECTANCE PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

ANISOTROPY; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; JARVSELJA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41449093901     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Bacour C., and Bréon F.-M. Variablity of biome reflectance directional signatures as seen by POLDER. Remote Sensing of Environment 98 (2005) 80-95
2. Barnsley M.J., Allison D.A., and Lewis P. On the information content of multiple-view-angle (MVA) images. International Journal of Remote Sensing 18 9 (1997) 1937-1960
3. Bicheron P., Leroy M., Hautecouer O., and Breon F. Enhanced discrimination of boreal forests covers with directional reflectances from airborne polarization and directionality of Earth reflectances (POLDER) instrument. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 102 D24 (1997) 29,517-29,528
4. Canisius F., and Chen J. Retrieving forest background reflectance in a boreal region from Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) data. Remote Sensing of Environment 107 (2007) 312-321
5. Chen J., and Leblanc S. A four-scale birectional reflectance model based on canopy architecture. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 35 (1997) 1316-1337
6. Chen J., Liu J., Leblanc S., Lacaze R., and Roujean J.-L. Multi-angular optical remote sensing for assessing vegetation structure and carbon absorption. Remote Sensing of Environment 84 (2003) 516-525
7. Cutter M. A low cost hyperspectral mission. Acta Astronautica 55 (2004) 631-636
8. Darvishsefat A.A., Kellenberger T.W., and Itten K.I. Application of hyperspectral data for forest stand mapping. Symposium on Geospatial Theory, Processing and Applications, Ottawa (2000) 5 pp
9. Deering D., Eck T., and Banerjee B. Characterization of the reflectance anisotropy of three boreal forest canopies in spring-summer. Remote Sensing of Environment 67 (1999) 205-229
10. Diner D., Asner G., Davies R., Knyazikhin Y., Muller J.-P., Nolin A., et al. New directions is Earth observing: Scientific application of multi-angle remote sensing. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80 (1999) 2209-2228
11. Eriksson H., Eklundh L., Kuusk A., and Nilson T. Impact of understory vegetation on forest canopy reflectance and remotely sensed LAI estimates. Remote Sensing of Environment 103 (2006) 408-418
12. Gastellu-Etchegorry J.P., Guillevic P., Zagolski F., Demarez V., Trichon V., Deering D., et al. Modeling BRF and radiation regime of boreal and tropical forests: I. BRF. Remote Sensing of Environment 68 (1999) 281-316
13. Gerard F.F., and North P.R.J. Analyzing the effect of structural variability and canopy gaps on forest BRDF using a geometric-optical model. Remote Sensing of Environment 62 (1997) 46-62
14. Gobron N., Pinty B., Verstraete M.M., Martonchik J., and Diner D. The potential of multiangular spectral measurements to characterize land surfaces: Conceptual approach and exploratory application. Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (2000) 17539-17550
15. Gobron N., Pinty B., Verstraete M., Widlowski J., and Diner D. Uniqueness of multi-angular measurements- Part II: Joint retrieval of vegetation structure and photosynthetic activity from MISR. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 40 (2002) 1574-1592
16. Heiskanen J. Tree cover and height estimation in the Fennoscandian tundra-taiga transition zone using multiangular MISR data. Remote Sensing of Environment 103 (2006) 97-114
17. Jacquemoud S., Ustin S.L., Verdebout J., Schmuck G., Andreoli G., and Hosgood B. Estimating leaf biochemistry using the PROSPECT leaf optical properties model. Remote Sensing of Environment 56 (1996) 194-202
18. Kayitare F., and Defourny P. Forest type discrimination using multi-angle hyperspectral data. Proceedings of the 2nd CHRIS/Proba Workshop, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy: 28-30 April. ESA SP-578 (2004) 13 pp.
19. Kimes D., Ranson K., Sun G., and Blair J. Predicting lidar measured forest vertical structure from multi-angle spectral data. Remote Sensing of Environment 100 (2006) 503-511
20. Knyazikhin Y., Martonchik J., Diner D., Myneni R., Verstraete M., Pinty B., et al. Estimation of vegetation canopy leaf area index and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from atmosphere-corrected MISR data. Journal of Geophysical Research 103 (1998) 32,239-32,356
21. Kuusk A. The hot spot effect in plant canopy reflectance. In: Myneni R., and Ross J. (Eds). Photon-Vegetation Interactions. Applications in Optical Remote Sensing and Plant Ecology (1991) 139-159
22. Kuusk A. A fast, invertible canopy reflectance model. Remote Sensing of Environment 51 3 (1995) 342-350
23. Kuusk A. A two-layer canopy reflectance model. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 71 (2001) 1-9
24. Kuusk A., Kuusk J., Lang M., Lükk T., Nilson, and T. Hyperspectral reflectance of sub-boreal forests measured by CHRIS/PROBA and airborne spectrometer. Proceedings of the ENVISAT Symposium, 23-27 April 2007, Montreux, Switzerland (2007)
25. Kuusk A., and Nilson T. A directional multispectral forest reflectance model. Remote Sensing of Environment 72 (2000) 244-252
26. Kuusk A., and Nilson T. Testing directional properties of a forest reflectance model. Journal of Geophysical Research 106 (2001) 12, 011-12, 021
27. Lacaze R., Chen J., Roujean J.-L., and Leblanc S. Retrieval of vegetation clumping index using hot spot signatures measured by POLDER instrument. Remote Sensing of Environment 79 (2002) 84-95
28. Lacaze R., and Roujean J.-L. G-function and Hot SpoT (GHOST) reflectance model: Application to multi-scale airborne POLDER measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment 76 (2001) 67-80
29. Lang, M. (2006), The performance of foliage mass and crown radius models in forming the input of a forest reflectance model. Doctoral dissertation, Estonian University of Life Sciences, (ISBN-13: 978-9949-426-16-4), 58 p.
30. Lang M., Kuusk A., Nilson T., Lükk T., Pehk M., and Alm G. Reflectance spectra of ground vegetation in sub-boreal forests (2002). http://www.aai.ee/bgf/ger2600/index.html Accessed May 8th, 2002
31. Lang M., Nilson T., Kuusk A., Kiviste A., and Hordo M. The performance of foliage mass and crown radius models in forming the input of a forest reflectance model: A test on forest growth sample plots and Landsat 7 ETM+ images. Remote Sensing of Environment 110 (2007) 445-457
32. Li X., and Strahler A. Geometric-optical bidirectional reflectance modeling of a conifer forest canopy. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 24 (1985) 906-919
33. Liang S.L., Fang H.L., and Chen M.Z. Atmospheric correction of Landsat ETM+ land surface imagery- Part I: Methods. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 39 11 (2001) 2490-2498
34. Martonchik J., Bruegge C., and Strahler A. A review of reflectance nomenclature used in remote sensing. Remote Sensing Reviews 19 (2000) 9-20
35. Nilson T. Approximate analytical methods for calculating the reflection functions of leaf canopies in remote sensing applications. In: Myneni R., and Ross J. (Eds). Photon-Vegetation Interactions. Applications in Optical Remote Sensing and Plant Ecology (1991) 161-190
36. Nilson T. Inversion of gap frequency data in forest stands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 98-99 (1999) 437-448
37. Nilson T., and Peterson U. A forest canopy reflectance model and a test case. Remote Sensing of Environment 37 (1991) 131-142
38. Pinty B., Lavergne T., Vossbeck M., Kaminski T., Aussedat O., Giering R., et al. Retrieving surface parameters for climate models from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) albedo products. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 112 D10 (2007) D10116
39. Pinty B., Widlowski J.-L., Gobron N., Verstraete M.M., and Diner D.J. Uniqueness of multiangular measurements- Part I: An indicator of subpixel surface heterogeneity from MISR. IEEE Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing 40 (2002) 1560-1573
40. Pocewicz A., Vierling L., Lentile L., and Smith R. View angle effects on relationships between MISR vegetation indices and leaf area index in a recently burned ponderosa pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 107 (2007) 322-333
41. Rautiainen, M. (2005), The spectral signature of coniferous forests: the role of stand structure and leaf area index. Dissertationes Forestales 6, 54 pp. ISBN: 951-651-105-8.
42. Rautiainen M., Stenberg P., Nilson T., and Kuusk A. The effect of crown shape on the reflectance of coniferous stands. Remote Sensing of Environment 89 (2004) 41-52
43. Rautiainen M., Suomalainen J., Mõttus M., Stenberg P., Voipio P., Peltoniemi J., et al. Coupling forest canopy and understory reflectance in the Arctic latitudes of Finland. Remote Sensing of Environments 110 (2007) 332-343
44. Sandmeier S., and Deering D. Structure analysis and classification of boreal forests using airbrone hyperspectral BRDF data from ASAS. Remote Sensing of Environment 69 (1999) 281-295
45. Sandmeier S., and Itten K. A field goniometer system (FIGOS) for acquisition of hyperspectral BRDF data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 37 (1999) 648-658
46. Schull M., Ganguly S., Samanta A., Huang D., Shabanov N., Jenkins J., et al. Physical interpretation of the correlation between multi-angle spectral data and canopy height. Geophysical Research Letters 24 (2007) 10.1019/2007GL031143
47. Smolander H., and Stenberg P. Response of LAI-2000 estimates to changes in plant surface area index in a Scots pine stand. Tree Physiology 16 (1996) 345-349
48. Stenberg P. Correcting LAI-2000 estimates for the clumping of needles in shoots of conifers. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 79 (1996) 1-8
49. Stenberg P., Linder S., Smolander H., and Flower-Ellis J. Performance of the LAI-2000 plant canopy analyzer in estimating leaf area index of some Scots pine stands. Tree Physiology 14 (1994) 981-995
50. Stenberg P., Nilson T., Smolander H., and Voipio P. Gap fraction based estimation of LAI in Scots pine stands subjected to experimental removal of branches and stems. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 29 3 (2003) 363-370
51. Suviste, S. (2007), Mõnede Eesti metsatüüpide heleduskordajate sesoonne käik mudelarvutustest ja satelliidipildidelt. (in Estonian) University of Tartu, Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Master of Science thesis, 35 p.
52. Vermote E.F., Tanre D., Deuze J.L., Herman M., and Morcrette J.-J. Second simulation of the satellite signal in the solar spectrum, 6S: An overview. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 35 (1997) 675-686
53. von Schönermark M., Geiger B., and Röser H.P. Reflection Properties of Vegetation and Soil- with a BRDF data base (2004), Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag, Berlin 352 pp
54. Widlowski J.-L., Pinty B., Gobron N., and Verstraete M.M. Characterization of surface heterogeneity detected at the MISR/TERRA subpixel scale. Geophysical Research Letters 28 42 (2001) 4639-4642
55. Widlowski J.-L., Taberner M., Pinty B., Bruniquel-Pinel V., Disney M., Fernandes R., et al. The third RAdiation transfer Model Intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Documenting progress in canopy reflectance models. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 112 (2007) D09111 10.1029/2006JD007821