NDLI: Seasonal Course of the Spectral Properties of Alder and Birch Leaves

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Author	Mottus, M. Sulev, M. Hallik, L.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	To interpret time series of hyperspectral measurements of vegetation canopies, the basic characteristics of the scattering elements forming these canopies-shoots, leaves, or needles-must be known. Unfortunately, data on the seasonal variation of leaf reflectance and transmittance are very scarce. To obtain a ground truth dataset applicable to modeling the phenological development of European (hemi)boreal forests, we measured the spectral properties of green leaves of two species common to this biome, gray alder (Alnus incana), and silver birch (Betula pendula). Measurements covered the full growing season of 2008 in Tõravere, Estonia. Leaves were sampled from sunlit locations and measured in a laboratory using an integrating sphere and a VNIR spectroradiometer. We measured four different optical parameters: directional-hemispherical reflectance and transmittance factors for leaf adaxial and abaxial surfaces. Leaf reflectance was used to calculate four leaf-level indices which, according to literature, are highly correlated with leaf chlorophyll content. Additionally, we calculated the derivative spectra of leaf reflectance in the red edge (RE) spectral region and fitted it with two Gaussian curves. Our analysis indicated continuous changes of leaf optical properties almost until the end of the growing season. The changes in the weights of the two Gaussian curves led to an effect known as peak jump, an abrupt shift in the RE inflection point. In near infrared (NIR), leaf absorption was negligible in the beginning of the growing period. However, we noted a slow but steady increase in the leaf NIR absorption with time.
Starting Page	2496
Ending Page	2505
Page Count	10
File Size	1503961
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19391404
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Absorption Indexes Remote sensing Vegetation mapping Sea measurements Standards Time measurement red edge (RE) Alnus incana betula pendula chlorophyll index leaf phenology leaf reflectance
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atmospheric Science Computers in Earth Sciences

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