Radiative transfer

Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture

Soil moisture is an essential climate variable and knowledge about its state and dynamics is vital for numerous applications, from agricultural drought monitoring to studying land– atmosphere interactions. Remote sensing instruments mounted on …

Detection of Xylella Fastidiosa Infection Symptoms with Airborne Multispectral and Thermal Imagery: Assessing Bandset Reduction Performance from Hyperspectral Analysis

Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a harmful plant pathogenic bacterium, able to infect over 500 plant species worldwide. Successful eradication and containment strategies for harmful pathogens require large-scale monitoring techniques for the detection of …

Advantages of Retrieving Pigment Content [$μ$g/Cm2] versus Concentration [%] from Canopy Reflectance

Photosynthesis is essential for life on earth as it, inter alia, influences the composition of the atmosphere and is the driving mechanism of primary production. Photosynthesis is particularly controlled by leaf pigments such as chlorophyll, …

Chlorophyll Content Estimation in an Open-Canopy Conifer Forest with Sentinel-2A and Hyperspectral Imagery in the Context of Forest Decline

With the advent of Sentinel-2, it is now possible to generate large-scale chlorophyll content maps with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution, suitable for monitoring ecological processes such as vegetative stress and/or decline. However …

Comparison of Radiative Transfer Model Inversions to Estimate Vegetation Physiological Status Based on Hyperspectral Data

This study compares the performance of radiative transfer model inversion techniques to estimate leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) from summer barley based on hyperspectral data. The PROSAIL model was used to simulate vegetation reflectances. Model …