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REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
卷 97, 期 4, 页码 447-457出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.05.003
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multi-angle remote sensing; vegetation clumping index; POLDER; LAI; hotspot; angular index; BRDF
Global mapping of the vegetation clumping index is attempted for the first time using multi-angular POLDER I data based on a methodology that has been demonstrated to be applicable to Canada's landmass. The clumping index quantified the level of foliage grouping within distinct canopy structures, such as tree crowns, shrubs, and row crops, relative to a random distribution. Vegetation foliage clumping significantly alters its radiation environment and therefore affects vegetation growth as well as water and carbon cycles. The clumping index is useful in ecological and meteorological models because it provides new structural information in addition to the effective LAI retrieved from mono-angle remote sensing and allows accurate separation of sunlit and shaded leaves in the canopy. The relationship between an angular index (normalized difference between hotspot and darkspot) and the clumping index is explored using a geometrical optical model named 4-Scale. A simplified version of the mechanistic hotspot model used in 4-Scale is developed to derive the hotspot reflectance from multi-angle measurements for mapping purposes. An accurate clumping map for areas with significant tree (shrub) covers has been achieved, although further research is required to reduce topographic effects. (C) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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