Retrieval of Leaf Area Index by Linking the PROSAIL and Ross-Li BRDF Models Using MODIS BRDF Data

Autor: Xiaoning Zhang, Ziti Jiao, Changsen Zhao, Siyang Yin, Lei Cui, Yadong Dong, Hu Zhang, Jing Guo, Rui Xie, Sijie Li, Zidong Zhu, Yidong Tong
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 23, p 4911 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs13234911
Popis: Canopy structure parameters (e.g., leaf area index (LAI)) are key variables of most climate and ecology models. Currently, satellite-observed reflectances at a few viewing angles are often directly used for vegetation structure parameter retrieval; therefore, the information content of multi-angular observations that are sensitive to canopy structure in theory cannot be sufficiently considered. In this study, we proposed a novel method to retrieve LAI based on modelled multi-angular reflectances at sufficient sun-viewing geometries, by linking the PROSAIL model with a kernel-driven Ross-Li bi-directional reflectance function (BRDF) model using the MODIS BRDF parameter product. First, BRDF sensitivity to the PROSAIL input parameters was investigated to reduce the insensitive parameters. Then, MODIS BRDF parameters were used to model sufficient multi-angular reflectances. By comparing these reference MODIS reflectances with simulated PROSAIL reflectances within the range of the sensitive input parameters in the same geometries, the optimal vegetation parameters were determined by searching the minimum discrepancies between them. In addition, a significantly linear relationship between the average leaf angle (ALA) and the coefficient of the volumetric scattering kernel of the Ross-Li model in the near-infrared band was built, which can narrow the search scope of the ALA and accelerate the retrieval. In the validation, the proposed method attains a higher consistency (root mean square error (RMSE) = 1.13, bias = −0.19, and relative RMSE (RRMSE) = 36.8%) with field-measured LAIs and 30-m LAI maps for crops than that obtained with the MODIS LAI product. The results indicate the vegetation inversion potential of sufficient multi-angular data and the ALA relationship, and this method presents promise for large-scale LAI estimation.
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