The INvertible FOrest Reflectance Model coupled with leaf models
inform.Rdinform INFORM simulation based on a set of combinations of inpuparameters
Arguments
- inputLUT
LUT table with distribution of biophysical parameters used as input parameters in the model
- rsoil
numeric. Soil reflectance
- LeafModel
Version of PROSPECT model; 'PRO' or 'D' is accepted. By default 'PROSPECT-PRO' is used. Liberty model and Fluspect-B and Fluspect-B-Cx is also provided. Options are : 'PROSPECT-PRO','PROSPECT-D', 'Liberty', 'Fluspect-B' and 'Fluspect-B-Cx'.
References
INFORM (Atzberger, 2000; Schlerf&Atzberger, 2006) simulates the bi-directional reflectance of forest stands between 400 and 2500 nm.
INFORM is essentially an innovative combination of FLIM (Rosema et al., 1992), SAIL (Verhoef, 1984), and PROSPECT (Jacquemoud et al. 1996)
Atzberger, C. 2000: Development of an invertible forest reflectance model: The INFOR-Model. In: Buchroithner (Ed.): A decade of trans-european remote sensing cooperation. Proceedings of the 20th EARSeL Symposium Dresden, Germany, 14.-16. June 2000: 39-44.
Schlerf, M. & Atzberger, C. (2006): Inversion of a forest reflectance model to estimate biophysical canopy variables from hyperspectral remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 100: 281-294
Rosema, A., Verhoef, W., Noorbergen, H. 1992: A new forest light interaction model in support of forest monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment, 42: 23-41.
Jacquemoud S., Ustin S.L., Verdebout J., Schmuck G., Andreoli G., Hosgood B. (1996): Estimating leaf biochemistry using the PROSPECT leaf optical properties model, Remote Sens. Environ., 56:194-202.
Verhoef, W. 1984: Light scattering by leaf layers with application to canopy reflectance modeling: The SAIL model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 16: 125-141.
Basic version of INFORM: Clement Atzberger, 1999 INFORM modifications and validation: Martin Schlerf, 2004-2007