Observation of directional exitance and retrieval of soil and foliage component temperatures: case studies with bi-angular ATSR radiometric data

L. Jia, M. Menenti, Z. Su, Z.L. Li

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    Abstract

    A mixture of foliage and soil is thermally heterogeneous, so the radiometric temperature of the mixture depends on view direction. A simple linear mixture model was applied to estimate the component surface temperatures of foliage and soil temperatures. The potential of directional observations in the thermal infrared region for land surface studies is a largely uncharted area of research. The availability of the dual-view Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) observations led to explore new opportunities in this direction. In the context of studies on heat transfer at heterogeneous land surfaces, multiangular thermal infrared (TIR) observations offer the opportunity of overcoming fundamental difficulties in modeling sparse canopies. Three case studies were performed on the estimation of the component temperatures of foliage and soil. The first one included the use of multi-angular field measurements at view angles of 0/spl deg/, 23/spl deg/ and 52/spl deg/. The second and third one were done with directional ATSR observations at view angles of 0/spl deg/ and 53/spl deg/ only. Different models have been proposed in literature to interpret observations of directional exitance: (1) simple geometric (deterministic) models of the system, (2) radiative transfer within a complete canopy, and (3) radiative transfer in an inhomogeneous thick layer of vegetation. Our approach is based on the third modeling concept. A target comprising a mixture of foliage and soil is characterized by the gap fraction, and observed radiance is described as a weighted sum of foliage radiance and soil radiance, with the weights being the gap fraction and its complement, respectively.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationGeoscience and remote sensing symposium, 2002; IGARSS '02; Vol. 1
    Place of Publication[S.l.]
    PublisherIEEE
    Pages33-35
    ISBN (Print)9780780375369
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002
    EventIGARSS '02 -
    Duration: 24 Jun 200228 Jun 2002

    Conference/symposium

    Conference/symposiumIGARSS '02
    Period24/06/0228/06/02

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