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Overview
Goals
Determine
important
vegeta)ve
parameters
Observe
eects
of
varying
each
one
Accurately
model
reectance
from
forest
canopy
Determine
physical
characteris)cs
of
deciduous
canopies
from
reectance
spectra
Atmospheric and terrestrial modeling depend on accurate knowledge of radia)ve transfer Hand measurements of trees are cumbersome
Data
Sources
Terrestrial
Hand
measurements
of
tree
dimensions
Destruc)vely
sampled
branches
Georeferenced
data
sites
Airborne
Imaging
NSERC
DC-8
MASTER:
14m
ground
resolu)on,
25
Near
IR
spectral
bands
NASA
ER-2
AVIRIS:
35m
ground
resolu)on,
224
Near
IR
spectral
bands
PROSAIL
Model
Arboreal
simula)on,
outputs
reec)vity
spectrum
Vegeta)ve
Parameters
Leaf
Area
Index
LAI:
Single-sided
area
of
leaves
per
unit
area
of
ground
surface
(m2/
m2)
Typical
range
=
1
(grass)
to
16
(dense
conifer)
SAIL
Receives
LAI,
Leaf
Angle,
Solar
Geometry
input
Outputs
general
CANOPOY
reectance
spectra
PROSAIL
Combines
PROSPECT
and
SAIL
inputs
Returns
a
higher-resolu)on
reectance
spectra
Reectance
Reectance
15
Wavelength
(nm)
4.0
Wavelength (nm)
LAI = 2
Linear
Regression
Python
func)on
stats.linregress
relates
each
trees
water-masked
tree
spectra
to
all
25
outputs
Reectance
(*10000)
Tree 1
Tree 2
Tree 3
Wavelengths (nm) 2, 15, 2.5, 15, 3, 15, 3.5, 1.5, 4, 15, 2, 30, 2.5, 30, 3, 30, 3.5, 30, 4, 30, 2, 45, 2.5, 45, 3, 45, 3.5, 45, 4, 45, 2, 60, TREE 3 2.5, 60, TREE 2 3, 60, TREE 1 3.5, 60, 4, 60, 2, 75, 2.5, 75, 3, 75, 3.5, 75, 4, 75,
Tree
1
2,
15,
.8401
2.5,
15,
.8204
3,
15,
.8091
3.5,
1.5,
.8027
4,
15,
.7992
2,
15,
.7486
2.5,
15,
.7241
3,
15,
.7103
3.5,
1.5,
.7026
4,
15,
.6984
2,
15,
.6437
2.5,
15,
.6181
3,
15,
.6040
4,
15,
.5923
2,
30,
.8807
3,
30,
.8262
3.5,
30,
.8115
4,
30,
.8021
2,
30,
.7995
2.5,
30,
.7587
3,
30,
.7317
3.5,
30,
.7141
2.5,
30,
.8482
2, 75, .6783 (worst) 2.5, 75, .7034 3, 75, .7221 3.5, 75, .7370 4, 75, .7492 2, 75, .7106 2.5, 75, .7312 3, 75, .7464 3.5, 75, .7582 4, 75, .7680 2, 75, .8113 2.5, 75, .8279 3, 75, .8397 3.5, 75, .8488 4, 75, .8561
Tree
2
2,
45,
.8899
2.5,
45,
.8425
3,
45,
.8020
3.5,
45,
.7697
4, 30, .7029 (worst) 4, 45, .7450 2, 30, .7026 2.5, 30, .6570 3, 30, .6278 4, 30, .5977 2, 45, .8196 2.5, 45, .7581 3, 45, .7094 3.5, 45, .6725 4, 45, .6450
Tree
3
2,
60,
.9452
2.5,
60,
.9262
3,
60,
.8976
3.5,
60,
.8648
4,
60,
.8313
Wavelength (nm)
Wavelength (nm)
Wavelength (nm)
Final
Result
Extracted
LAI
and
Leaf
Angle
Verica)on
provided
by
NDVI-Extracted
LAI
and
airborne
LiDAR
Beer-Lambert
law
Es)mates
do
not
match
perfectly,
but
they
do
correspond
R-Squared
TREE
1
TREE
2
TREE
3
.968425
.9414192
.9451759
LEAF
ANGLE
60
60
60
LAI
3.0
2.5
2.0
NDVI- Beer- Extracted
LAI
Lambert
LAI
2.8-3.5
3.0
2.8-3.1
3.5
3.1
2.8
Conclusion
Provides
verica)on
of
the
PROSAIL
model
Advances
understanding
of
surface
radia)on
budget
under
vegeta)ve
cover
Future
research
may
enable
parameteriza)on
of
canopy
structure
exclusively
from
airborne
measurement
Acknowledgements
NSERC
SARP
Emily
Schaller
Rick
Sheoer
Susan
Us)n
Shane
Grigsby
The
Us)n
Land
Research
Group
University
of
California
Kayla
Ryan
Rachel
Glade
Dion
Kucera
Ques)ons?
Sources/Works
Cited
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S.
et
al,
2000:
Comparison
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Four
Radia)ve
Transfer
Models
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Plant
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Remote
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74,
471-481.
Jacquemond
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2009:
PROSPECT
+
SAIL
models:
A
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use
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2009:
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2012:
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