Monitoring FAPAR over land surfaces with remote sensing data

Nadine Gobron; Bernard Pinty; Malcolm Taberner; Frederic Melin; Jean-Luc Widlowski; Michel M. Verstraete

doi:10.1117/12.510725

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24 February 2004 Monitoring FAPAR over land surfaces with remote sensing data

Nadine Gobron, Bernard Pinty, Malcolm Taberner, Frederic Melin, Jean-Luc Widlowski, Michel M. Verstraete

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Proceedings Volume 5232, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology V; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.510725
Event: Remote Sensing, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Temporal changes of terrestrial vegetation have traditionally been monitored using empirical remote sensing tools, which are sensitive to perturbations as well as to the spectral properties of the sensor. Advances in the understanding of radiation transfer theory, and the availability of higher performance modern instruments, have led to the development of physically-based inverse methods to derive biogeophysical products. Jointly, these developments allow the retrieval of reliable, accurate information on the state and evolution of terrestrial environments. A series of optimized algorithms has been developed to document biogeophysical variables, and in particular to estimate the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) from a variety of optical instruments. As a result, monitoring managed (e.g., agriculture) or natural ecosystems will benefit from the availability of local, regional and global time series of remote sensing products such as FAPAR. This paper outlines the methodology and exhibits selected results in the form of temporal composites derived from the SeaWiFS sensor.

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Nadine Gobron, Bernard Pinty, Malcolm Taberner, Frederic Melin, Jean-Luc Widlowski, and Michel M. Verstraete "Monitoring FAPAR over land surfaces with remote sensing data", Proc. SPIE 5232, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology V, (24 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.510725

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