Influence of data acquisition geometry on soybean spectral response simulated by the prosail model

Engenharia Agrícola

Fábio M. Breunig²  Lênio S. Galvão¹  Antonio R. Formaggio¹  José C. N. Epiphanio¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

关键词: leaf area index;    NDVI;    EVI;    reflectance;    MODIS;    remote sensing;    índice de área foliar;    NDVI;    EVI;    reflectância;    MODIS;    sensoriamento remoto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-69162013000100018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

View angle and directional effects significantly affect reflectance and vegetation indices, especially when daily images collected by large field-of-view (FOV) sensors like the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are used. In this study, the PROSAIL radiative transfer model was chosen to evaluate the impact of the geometry of data acquisition on soybean reflectance and two vegetation indices (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index - NDVI and Enhanced Vegetation Index -EVI) by varying biochemical and biophysical parameters of the crop. Input values for PROSAIL simulation were based on the literature and were adjusted by the comparison between simulated and real satellite soybean spectra acquired by the MODIS/Terra and hyperspectral Hyperion/Earth Observing-One (EO-1). Results showed that the influence of the view angle and view direction on reflectance was stronger with decreasing leaf area index (LAI) and chlorophyll concentration. Because of the greater dependence on the near-infrared reflectance, the EVI was much more sensitive to viewing geometry than NDVI presenting larger values in the backscattering direction. The contrary was observed for NDVI in the forward scattering direction. In relation to the LAI, NDVI was much more isotropic for closed soybean canopies than for incomplete canopies and a contrary behavior was verified for EVI.

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