日光诱导叶绿素荧光辐射传输模型研究进展

日光诱导叶绿素荧光(SIF)是指示植被光合作用过程的无损探针，在不同时空尺度上对植被进行SIF的观测可以反映植被的实际光合作用及生理状态。然而在观测、分析和利用SIF的过程中，仍存在很多不确定因素。SIF的发生具有较为复杂的机理，从机理出发理解SIF与植被结构的相互作用，并分析影响SIF激发的主要因素将有助于更好地理解SIF与光合作用以及生物量的内在联系。因此，植被SIF辐射传输模型在解释和利用SIF遥感信号方面具有重要的作用。植被SIF信号相对较弱，且受环境、植被和生理等多种因子的影响，需要定量化描述，这为SIF辐射传输模型的构建带来挑战。近年来，大量学者已经发展一系列SIF辐射传输模型，为SIF遥感的发展提供了坚实的理论基础。本文回顾了叶片、冠层和生态系统尺度的SIF模型，从建模机理出发，对比模型优劣势，并对未来SIF模型的发展前景进行了展望。     

太阳诱导叶绿素荧光的卫星遥感反演方法

利用卫星遥感探测区域和全球尺度太阳诱导叶绿素荧光SIF(Solar-Inducedchlorophyll Fluorescence)近年来成为研究热点。由于地球大气吸收和散射的影响,卫星尺度的SIF反演问题较为复杂,科学界对该问题一直存在争议,不同科学团队提出了众多方法。本文介绍了大气层顶SIF反演的机理、难点及思路,总结了近10年来最新发展的大气层顶SIF反演算法,并将这些算法归纳为3类:基于辐射传输方程的算法、简化的物理模型算法和数据驱动算法,分析讨论了各算法的特点及适用性;以应用最广泛的数据驱动算法为例,基于GOME-2数据详细介绍了算法的中间环节及注意事项;最后回顾了卫星遥感反演SIF的发展历程,汇总了目前及未来具有荧光探测能力的星载传感器,并依据数据源的特点相应地给出了适用的SIF反演算法,为今后基于航空和卫星高光谱数据的SIF反演提供了依据。     

臭氧卫星遥感六十年进展

臭氧已成为中国继PM_2.5之后多地的首要污染物,臭氧污染防治是中国“十四五”及未来大气污染防治的重点。本文回顾了近60年来国内外臭氧卫星观测方面的主要进展,包括卫星探测载荷和臭氧相关的反演应用技术等,分为3个阶段总结了卫星载荷天底、临边和掩星3种探测方式的发展历程。臭氧卫星遥感反演算法和监测应用也随着载荷的发展在不断更新,本文重点介绍了臭氧柱总量和垂直廓线卫星遥感反演算法、近地面臭氧及其前体物观测、平流层臭氧入侵观测和区域传输、臭氧卫星观测数据的精度验证等方面的重要进展。对比国际臭氧卫星遥感监测,中国臭氧监测卫星发展滞后,虽然国家民用空间基础设施规划中陆续发射的高光谱观测卫星、大气环境监测卫星具有初步的臭氧监测能力,但在卫星载荷在功能、性能等方面还有不小差距,比如空间分辨率、信噪比等方面。在算法反演和监测应用方面,目前臭氧柱总量反演精度较高,还存在对流层中低层和近地面臭氧浓度反演精度不够,臭氧污染评估及成因分析不足,如近地面臭氧污染迁移转化过程、平流层臭氧侵入识别分析等问题,是下一步要重点关注的方向。     

植被光能利用率高光谱遥感反演研究进展

光能利用率是表征植被通过光合作用将所截获/吸收的能量转化为有机干物质效率的指标。光能利用率是植被光合作用的重要概念,也是区域尺度以遥感参数模型监测植被生产力的关键参数。不同植被类型的光能利用率具有明显的时空差异,水分、温度、养分供给等环境胁迫因素会影响植被的光能利用率。随着高分辨率光谱测量传感器的使用,位于可见光和近红外区域的窄波段可以捕捉到植被冠层反射率的细微变化,也促进了光能利用率遥感反演技术的发展。本文结合国际植被光能利用率遥感反演最新研究成果,从基于环境胁迫因子的光能利用率反演,基于植被光谱指数的光能利用率反演、基于叶绿素荧光的光能利用率反演,以及基于涡度相关测量数据和遥感数据相结合的光能利用率反演四个方面,详细介绍了植被光能利用率遥感反演的主要技术方法,并对植被光能利用率遥感研究存在的主要问题和发展趋势进行了讨论。     

遥感定量反演地表参数对于气候变化的响应研究

遥感定量反演地表参数时间序列产品已被广泛应用于植被动态变化、全球气候变化、防灾减灾及环境保护等领域。由于卫星观测往往受到大气条件（如云、气溶胶、水汽等）以及传感器自身稳定性的影响等,许多由卫星观测反演得到的陆表产品,如归一化差值植被指数（NDVI）、叶面积指数（LAI）、地表温度（LST）、微波极化亮温（PDBT）等存在严重的时空不连续问题。为了获取时间序列上连续、空间上完整的地表参数遥感产品以满足长时序的陆面过程分析与建模的需求,目前已发展多种遥感时间序列重建模型。本文介绍了基于傅里叶变换的时间序列谐波分析（HANTS）方法,能够识别并去除受到云和大气影响的像元（噪声）,对原始时序数据进行时间插值来重建连续时间序列的数据,并针对其面向多种不同时空尺度的遥感反演地表参数以及在非洲、南美洲、欧洲、中国及印度等全球不同地区的应用研究进行了综述,包括植被动态变化对于气候变化及流域水循环过程的响应、干旱监测、基于土壤含水量饱和度时间序列分析的洪涝灾害易发区监测、遥感估算地表蒸散发时间尺度扩展等方面的研究,充分阐释了遥感时间序列产品在地气相互作用的各类研究领域的应用。     

植被冠层日光诱导叶绿素荧光塔基自动观测方法及系统介绍

植物光合作用所提供的物质和能量是人类赖以生存的关键因素,而日光诱导叶绿素荧光SIF (SunInduced chlorophyll Fluorescence)是植物光合作用的副产品,与光合作用关系密切,深入研究SIF将对于更加深入理解光合作用机制有着重要的意义。目前,近地面植被冠层SIF遥感观测发展迅速,但不同SIF观测系统间差异较大。本文通过比较分析不同塔基SIF观测系统及其特征,归纳了塔基SIF观测方式和方法,提出了塔基SIF观测技术规范。塔基SIF观测主要有两台光谱仪和一台光谱仪结合光路切换开关的观测方法,可以采取双半球和半球—锥体两种观测方式。SIFprism系统是一种新的基于光学棱镜的SIF自动观测系统,本文介绍了SIFprism系统软硬件组成和光谱数据采集流程,并以SIFprism系统为例阐述了塔基观测系统光谱数据处理流程,分析了SIF反演过程可能存在的不确定性,最后对近地面SIF观测进行了展望。     

基于RS和GIS的松花江流域植被覆盖动态变化研究

利用遥感和地理信息系统技术对1989,1995年的Landsat TM数据和2002年Landsat ETM＋三期遥感数据进行处理,反演和计算松花江流域的归一化植被指数（NDVI）,在此基础上,获取研究区域植被覆盖度。在ArcGIS9.2软件空间分析模块的支持下,对研究区域三期植被覆盖影像进行叠加分析,以流域尺度和栅格尺度分析植被覆盖变化的时间和空间特性,获取研究区域植被覆盖度空间格局分布特征,为该区域植被覆盖度的自动化监测提供很好的技术支持。     

基于遥感的植被年际变化及其与气候关系研究进展

植被具有明显的年际变化和季节变化特点,对植被的动态监测可以从一定程度上反映气候变化的趋势,因此监测植被动态变化以及分析这种变化与气候的关系已经成为全球变化研究的一个重要领域.随着遥感卫星获得长时间系列逐日观测数据,许多国际组织和机构制定了全球卫星数据接收、处理和生成数据集计划,所产生的标准数据集则极大地促进了该项研究.大量研究在全球尺度、洲际尺度（北美洲和欧亚大陆）以及区域尺度上广泛开展.在阅读国内外大量文献的基础上,比较分析了常用于植被监测的卫星传感器和主要数据集,汇总了植被年际变化及其与气候关系研究的主要研究方法和研究结果.结果表明近20年来全球植被活动明显增强,表现为北半球普遍存在增加的趋势,南半球干旱半干旱区出现降低的植被光合作用,但这些变化因空间位置不同和研究尺度不一样体现出不同的动态变化特征.气温和降水是影响植被变化的最主要的因素.     

大气CO2浓度卫星遥感进展

大气CO2是重要的温室气体,CO2浓度及其空间分布是全球气候变化评估中的主要不确定性因素之一。从1998年以来,卫星遥感大气CO2成为获取全球CO2的重要手段。本文阐述了现阶段大气CO2浓度卫星遥感反演进展情况,包括CO2探测载荷、反演算法和算法验证等。同时,论文详细介绍了近红外波段和热红外波段的反演算法特点和不确定因素,并针对CO2反演应用需求提出了展望。     

路域植被叶绿素多光谱遥感定量反演研究

叶绿素是植被光合作用的主要物质,准确估算叶绿素含量对植被生长健康状况和生态环境研究具有重要意义。本文利用辐射传输机制的PRO4SAIL模型模拟植被冠层光谱,以TM影像为数据源,分析物理模型模拟反射率和遥感影像反射率与叶绿素含量之间的相关性,研究利用多光谱信息定量反演路域植被叶绿素含量的可行性。研究结果表明,植被光谱反射率与叶绿素含量之间有较强的相关性;利用PRO4SAIL模型模拟的冠层反射率反演叶绿素含量具有一定可行性。该研究成果为大面积路域植被冠层叶绿素含量遥感监测提供理论依据与参考。     

Synoptic Monitoring of Gross Primary Productivity of Maize Using Landsat Data

There is a growing interest in monitoring the gross primary productivity (GPP) of crops due mostly to their carbon sequestration potential. Both within- and between-field variability are important components of crop GPP monitoring, particularly for the estimation of carbon budgets. In this letter, we present a new technique for daytime GPP estimation in maize based on the close and consistent relationship between GPP and crop chlorophyll content, and entirely on remotely sensed data. A recently proposed chlorophyll index (CI), which involves green and near-infrared spectral bands, was used to retrieve daytime GPP from Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data. Because of its high spatial resolution (i.e., 30 30 m/pixel), this satellite system is particularly appropriate for detecting not only between- but also within-field GPP variability during the growing season. The CI obtained using atmospherically corrected Landsat ETM+ data was found to be linearly related with daytime maize GPP: root mean squared error of less than 1.58 in a GPP range of 1.88 to 23.1 ; therefore, it constitutes an accurate surrogate measure for GPP estimation. For comparison purposes, other vegetation indices were also tested. These results open new possibilities for analyzing the spatiotemporal variation of the GPP of crops using the extensive archive of Landsat imagery acquired since the early 1980s.     

冠层光能利用率的叶绿素荧光光谱探测

设计了玉米生长期日变化试验,同步获取玉米冠层光谱和通量观测数据,探究从植被发射荧光光谱角度实现植被光能利用率可靠反演的可能性。运用涡度相关法获取群体生态系统净生产力(NEP),通过呼吸作用拟合得到冠层总初级生产力(GPP);在此基础上结合吸收光合有效辐射(APAR)获取冠层光能利用率(LUE);同时,利用叶绿素荧光光谱分离算法,提取了光合作用叶绿素荧光绝对强度和相对强度。结论表明,植被发射荧光光谱与光合有效辐射(PAR)显著正相关,760nm波段荧光与PAR的复相关系数R2在0.99以上;叶绿素荧光绝对强度与NEP和GPP显著正相关,荧光和NEP对环境日变化具有类似的响应特征;688nm和760nm植被发射的叶绿素荧光相对强度与LUEGPP存在可靠负相关关系,即叶绿素荧光强度越大,光能利用率越低。同时,通过比较几种植被指数与各种光合参量的相关性表明,叶绿素荧光能够更好的跟踪植被光合状态的变化,更适宜于植被光能利用率的探测。     

Linking satellite-based spring phenology to temperate deciduous broadleaf forest photosynthesis activity

Satellite-based remote sensed phenology has been widely used to assess global climate change. However, it is constrained by uncertain linkages with photosynthesis activity. Two dynamic threshold methods were employed to retrieve spring phenology metrics from four Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) products, including fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) for three temperate deciduous broadleaf forests in North America between 2001 and 2009. These MODIS-based spring phenology metrics were subsequently linked to the photosynthetic curves (daily gross primary productivity, GPP) measured by an eddy covariance flux tower. The 20% dynamic threshold spring onset metrics from MODIS products were closer to the photosynthesis onset metrics at the date of 2% GPP increase for NDVI and fAPAR, and closer to the date of 5% and 10% increase of GPP for EVI and LAI, respectively. The 50% dynamic threshold onset metrics were closer to the photosynthesis onset metrics at the date of 10% GPP increase for NDVI, and closer to the date of 20% GPP increase for fAPAR, LAI and EVI, respectively. These results can improve our knowledge on the photosynthesis activity status of remotely sensed spring phenology metrics.     

Assessing the benefit of satellite-based Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence in crop yield prediction

Large-scale crop yield prediction is critical for early warning of food insecurity, agricultural supply chain management, and economic market. Satellite-based Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) products have revealed hot spots of photosynthesis over global croplands, such as in the U.S. Midwest. However, to what extent these satellite-based SIF products can enhance the performance of crop yield prediction when benchmarking against other existing satellite data remains unclear. Here we assessed the benefits of using three satellite-based SIF products in yield prediction for maize and soybean in the U.S. Midwest: gap-filled SIF from Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2), new SIF retrievals from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), and the coarse-resolution SIF retrievals from the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2). The yield prediction performances of using SIF data were benchmarked with those using satellite-based vegetation indices (VIs), including normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), enhanced vegetation index (EVI), and near-infrared reflectance of vegetation (NIRv), and land surface temperature (LST). Five machine-learning algorithms were used to build yield prediction models with both remote-sensing-only and climate-remote-sensing-combined variables. We found that high-resolution SIF products from OCO-2 and TROPOMI outperformed coarse-resolution GOME-2 SIF product in crop yield prediction. Using high-resolution SIF products gave the best forward predictions for both maize and soybean yields in 2018, indicating the great potential of using satellite-based high-resolution SIF products for crop yield prediction. However, using currently available high-resolution SIF products did not guarantee consistently better yield prediction performances than using other satellite-based remote sensing variables in all the evaluated cases. The relative performances of using different remote sensing variables in yield prediction depended on crop types (maize or soybean), out-of-sample testing methods (five-fold-cross-validation or forward), and record length of training data. We also found that using NIRv could generally lead to better yield prediction performance than using NDVI, EVI, or LST, and using NIRv could achieve similar or even better yield prediction performance than using OCO-2 or TROPOMI SIF products. We concluded that satellite-based SIF products could be beneficial in crop yield prediction with more high-resolution and good-quality SIF products accumulated in the future.     

Linking archival and remotely sensed data for long-term environmental monitoring

The broad objective of this paper is to illustrate how archival, historical and remotely sensed data can be used to complement each other for long-term environmental monitoring. One of the major constraints confronting scientific investigation in the area of long-term environmental monitoring is lack of data at the required temporal and spatial scales. While remotely sensed data have provided dependable change detection databases since 1972, long-term changes such as those associated with typical climate scenarios often require longer time series data. The lack of data in readily accessible and usable formats for periods predating commercial satellite products has for a long time restricted the scope of environmental studies to temporally brief, synoptic overviews covering short time scales, thereby compromising our understanding of complex environmental processes. One way to improve this understanding is by cross-linking different forms of data at different temporal scales. However, most remote sensing based change research has tended to marginalize the utility of archival and historical sources in environmental monitoring. While the accuracy of data from non-instrumental records is often source-specific and varies from place to place, carefully conducted searches can yield useful information that can be effectively used to extend the temporal coverage of projects dependant on time series data. This paper is based on an ongoing project on environmental monitoring in the world's largest Ramsar site, the Okavango Delta, located on the northeastern fringes of Southern Africa's Kalahari–Namib desert in northern Botswana. With a database covering over 150 years between 1849 and 2001, the primary objectives of this paper are to: (1) outline how modern remotely sensed data (i.e., CORONA and Landsat) can be complemented by historical in situ observations (i.e., travellers’ records and archival maps) to extend temporal coverage into the historical past, (2) illustrate that different forms of declassified Cold War intelligence data (i.e., CORONA) can be constructively exploited to further scientific understanding and (3) provide a conceptual framework for collating and disseminating data at regional and international levels through electronic media.     

Developing a gross primary production model for coniferous forests of northeastern USA from MODIS data

Accurate estimation of ecosystem carbon fluxes is crucial for understanding the feedbacks between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere and for making climate-policy decisions. A statistical model is developed to estimate the gross primary production (GPP) of coniferous forests of northeastern USA using remotely sensed (RS) radiation (land surface temperature and near-infra red albedo) and ecosystem variables (enhanced vegetation index and global vegetation moisture index) acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor. This GPP model (called R-GPP-Coni), based only on remotely sensed data, was first calibrated with GPP estimates derived from the eddy covariance flux tower of the Howland forest main tower site and then successfully transferred and validated at three other coniferous sites: the Howland forest west tower site, Duke pine forest and North Carolina loblolly pine site, which demonstrate its transferability to other coniferous ecoregions of northeastern USA. The proposed model captured the seasonal dynamics of the observed 8-day GPP successfully by explaining 84–94% of the observed variations with a root mean squared error (RMSE) ranging from 1.10 to 1.64 g C/m²/day over the 4 study sites and outperformed the primary RS-based GPP algorithm of MODIS.     

Remotely sensed biomass over steep slopes: An evaluation among successional stands of the Atlantic Forest,Brazil

Remotely sensed images have been widely used to model biomass and carbon content on large spatial scales. Nevertheless, modeling biomass using remotely sensed data from steep slopes is still poorly understood. We investigated how topographical features affect biomass estimation using remotely sensed data and how such estimates can be used in the characterization of successional stands in the Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil. We estimated forest biomass using a modeling approach that included the use of both satellite data (LANDSAT) and topographic features derived from a digital elevation model (TOPODATA). Biomass estimations exhibited low error predictions (Adj. R² = 0.67 and RMSE = 35 Mg/ha) when combining satellite data with a secondary geomorphometric variable, the illumination factor, which is based on hill shading patterns. This improved biomass prediction helped us to determine carbon stock in different forest successional stands. Our results provide an important source of modeling information about large-scale biomass in remaining forests over steep slopes.     

土壤蒸发和植被蒸腾遥感估算与验证

地表蒸散发是土壤—植被—大气系统中能量和水循环的重要环节,它包括土壤、水体和植被表面的蒸发,以及植被蒸腾。随着地表参数多源遥感产品的快速发展,利用不同地表参数遥感产品估算地表蒸散发以及其组分土壤蒸发和植被蒸腾成为日常监测越来越便利,监测尺度已从单站扩展到田块、区域乃至全球。目前地表蒸散发双层遥感估算模型按照建模机理的不同可分为:系列模型、平行模型、基于特征空间的模型、结合传统方法的模型以及数据同化方法。本文从模型构建物理机制、模型驱动数据以及模型输出结果验证等方面总结了上述模型的发展历史和现状,并指出在模型结构与参数化方案的优化、高分辨率模型驱动数据的发展、土壤蒸发和植被蒸腾像元尺度"地面真值"的获取等方面都仍需进一步完善。     

Variographic analysis of tropical forest cover from multi-scale remotely sensed imagery

Tropical forest mapping is one of the major environmental concerns at global and regional scales in which remote sensing techniques are firmly involved. This study examines the use of the variogram function to analyse forest cover fragmentation at different image scales. Two main aspects are considered here: (1) analysis of the spatial variability structure of the forest cover observed at three different scales using fine, medium and coarse spatial resolution images; and (2) the study of the relationship between rescaled images from the finest spatial resolution and those of the medium and coarse spatial resolutions. Both aspects are analysed using the variogram function as a basic tool to calculate and interpret the spatial variability of the forest cover. An example is presented for a Brazilian tropical forest zone using satellite images of different spatial resolutions acquired by Landsat TM (30 m), Resurs MSU (160 m) and ERS ATSR (1000 m). The results of this study contribute to establishing a suitable spatial resolution of remotely sensed data for tropical forest cover monitoring.     

The operational method of filling information gaps in satellite imagery using numerical models

Occurrence of cloud cover over remotely sensed area is a significant limitation in the ocean colour and infra-red remote sensing applications, especially when operational use of such a data is considered. A method for the reconstruction of missing data in remote sensing images has been proposed. It is based on complementing satellite data with the corresponding information from other sources of data, in our tested case it was the ecohydrodynamic model. The method solves the problem the presence of a cloud cover also during an extended period. Unlike in many other similar methods, emphasis has been put on retaining remotely sensed information to a high degree and preserving local phenomena that are usually difficult to capture by other methods than satellite remote sensing. The method has been tested on the Baltic Sea. Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll a concentration estimated from satellite data, ecohydrodynamic models and merged product were compared with in situ data. The algorithm was optimized for the two parameters that are crucial for e.g. creating algae bloom forecasts. The root mean square error (RMSE) of the final product of sea surface temperature was 0.73 °C, whereas of the input satellite images 1.26 °C or 1.33 °C and of model maps 0.89 °C. The error factor of chlorophyll a concentration product was 1.8 mg m⁻³, in comparison to 2.55 mg m⁻³ for satellite input source and 2.28 mg m⁻³ for the model one. The results show that the proposed method well utilizes advantages of both satellite and numerical simulation data sources, at the same time reducing the errors of estimation of merged parameters compared to similar errors for both primary sources. It would be a valuable component of fuzzy logic and rule-based HABs prediction.