Simple radiative transfer model for relationships between canopy biomass and reflectance
- 15 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 21 (2), 303-309
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.21.000303
Abstract
A modified Kubelka-Munk model has been utilized to derive useful equations for the analysis of apparent canopy reflectance. Based on the solution to the model simple working equations were formulated by employing reflectance characteristic parameters. The relationships derived show the asymptotic nature of reflectance data that is typically observed in remote sensing studies of plant biomass. They also establish the range of expected apparent canopy reflectance values for specific plant canopy types. The usefulness of the simplified equations was demonstrated by the exceptionally close fit of the theoretical curves to two separately acquired data sets for alfalfa and shortgrass prairie canopies.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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