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inform INFORM simulation based on a set of combinations of inpuparameters

Usage

inform(inputLUT = NULL, rsoil = rsoil, LeafModel = "PROSPECT-PRO")

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'.

Value

rfl

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

Author

Clement Atzberger and Martin Schlerf (Original version in Matlab and python)

Carlos Camino (Ported version into R)