Comparison of Gap Fraction and Leaf Area Index Measurements Under Clear and Cloudy Sky Conditions in Alaskan Spruce Forests
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- KOBAYASHI Hideki
- Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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- NAGANO Hirohiko
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
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- KIM Yongwon
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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- SUZUKI Rikie
- Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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- アラスカのトウヒ林における晴天·曇天時の森林ギャップ確率の測定と葉面積指数推定値の比較
- アラスカのトウヒ林における晴天・曇天時の森林ギャップ確率の測定と葉面積指数推定値の比較
- アラスカ ノ トウヒリン ニ オケル セイテン ・ ドンテンジ ノ シンリン ギャップ カクリツ ノ ソクテイ ト ハ メンセキ シスウ スイテイチ ノ ヒカク
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Abstract
<p>At northern high latitudes, warming trends have been accelerating, and it is important to understand how the terrestrial ecosystems in these regions respond to such climate change. Satellite-based monitoring of vegetation parameters such as the leaf area index (LAI) provides the diagnostic characteristics for terrestrial vegetation dynamics. Thus, an effort to assure data quality through a comparison with ground-based datasets is crucial. The objective of this study is to evaluate LAI from gap fraction measurements under clear and cloudy sky conditions. We performed gap fraction measurements using plant canopy analyzers at four spruce forest sites in interior Alaska, USA, in September to October 2011 and August 2016. The measured gap fraction was then used to compute the LAI. After correcting the scattering radiation effect on the gap fraction, we obtained an LAI (Lm) of 1.00 to 1.75. When the woody area and shoot level clumping effects were taken into account, the green LAI was estimated to range from 1.18 to 2.33. The LAIs estimated after the scattering correction were closer to the LAIs obtained in cloudy sky conditions, suggesting that the LAI obtained in clear sky conditions can be considered to have the same accuracy as that obtained in cloudy sky conditions.</p>
Journal
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- Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan
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Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan 38 (1), 44-50, 2018-01-31
The Remote Sensing Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001288068709632
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- NII Article ID
- 130007472343
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- NII Book ID
- AN10035665
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- ISSN
- 18831184
- 02897911
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- NDL BIB ID
- 028841656
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- JaLC
- IRDB
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- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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