TY - JOUR
T1 - MODIS leaf area index products
T2 - From validation to algorithm improvement
AU - Yang, Wenze
AU - Tan, Bin
AU - Huang, Dong
AU - Rautiainen, Miina
AU - Shabanov, Nikolay V.
AU - Wang, Yujie
AU - Privette, Jeffrey L.
AU - Huemmrich, Karl Fred
AU - Fensholt, Rasmus
AU - Sandholt, Inge
AU - Weiss, M.
AU - Ahl, Douglas E.
AU - Gower, Stith T.
AU - Nemani, Ramakrishna R.
AU - Knyazikhin, Yuri
AU - Myneni, Ranga B.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Global products of vegetation green Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR) are being operationally produced from Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) at 1-km resolution and eight-day frequency. This paper summarizes the experience of several collaborating investigators on validation of MODIS LAI products and demonstrates the close connection between product validation and algorithm refinement activities. The validation of moderate resolution LAI products includes three steps: 1) field sampling representative of LAI spatial distribution and dynamic range within each major land cover type at the validation site; 2) development of a transfer function between field LAI measurements and high resolution satellite data to generate a reference LAI map over an extended area; and 3) comparison of MODIS LAI with aggregated reference LAI map at patch (multipixel) scale in view of geo-location and pixel shift uncertainties. The MODIS LAI validation experiences, summarized here, suggest three key factors that influence the accuracy of LAI retrievals: 1) uncertainties in input land cover data, 2) uncertainties in input surface reflectances, and 3) uncertainties from the model used to build the look-up tables accompanying the algorithm. This strategy of validation efforts guiding algorithm refinements has led to progressively more accurate LAI products from the MODLS sensors aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua platforms.
AB - Global products of vegetation green Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR) are being operationally produced from Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) at 1-km resolution and eight-day frequency. This paper summarizes the experience of several collaborating investigators on validation of MODIS LAI products and demonstrates the close connection between product validation and algorithm refinement activities. The validation of moderate resolution LAI products includes three steps: 1) field sampling representative of LAI spatial distribution and dynamic range within each major land cover type at the validation site; 2) development of a transfer function between field LAI measurements and high resolution satellite data to generate a reference LAI map over an extended area; and 3) comparison of MODIS LAI with aggregated reference LAI map at patch (multipixel) scale in view of geo-location and pixel shift uncertainties. The MODIS LAI validation experiences, summarized here, suggest three key factors that influence the accuracy of LAI retrievals: 1) uncertainties in input land cover data, 2) uncertainties in input surface reflectances, and 3) uncertainties from the model used to build the look-up tables accompanying the algorithm. This strategy of validation efforts guiding algorithm refinements has led to progressively more accurate LAI products from the MODLS sensors aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua platforms.
KW - Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) absorbed by vegetation
KW - Leaf Area Index (LAI)
KW - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
KW - Validation
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U2 - 10.1109/TGRS.2006.871215
DO - 10.1109/TGRS.2006.871215
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746356844
SN - 0196-2892
VL - 44
SP - 1885
EP - 1896
JO - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
JF - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
IS - 7
M1 - 1645288
ER -