Prediction of leaf area index in almonds by vegetation indexes

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• 作者：Jose L. Zarate-Valdez^a ; ^b ; ^{jlzarate@gmail.com} ; Michael L. Whiting^b ; Bruce D. Lampinen^c ; Samuel Metcalf^c ; Susan L. Ustin^b ; Patrick H. Brown^c
• 关键词：EVI ; enhanced vegetation index ; fPAR ; fractional PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) intercepted by the canopy ; GMI ; Gitelson&ndash ; Merzlyak index ; LADP ; leaf angle distribution parameter ; LAI ; leaf area index ; MASTER ; MODIS/ASTER simulator ; MCARI
• 刊名：Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：27_01681699
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：85
• 期：Complete
• 页码：24-32
• 文件大小：1143 K

摘要

Three levels of scale for determining leaf area index (LAI) were explored within an almond orchard of alternating rows of Nonpareil and Monterey varieties using hemispherical photography and mule lightbar (MLB) at ground level up to airborne and satellite imagery. We compared LAI estimates of 56 fisheye photos strategically placed in the orchard to validate 500,000 MLB point scans of a small portion of the aisles between tree rows to water and vegetation indexes of MASTER (MODIS/ASTER simulator) and Landsat 5 imagery. The high correlation of fisheye photo LAI to MLB LAI estimates establishes this new method against the measurement standard within the plant community while significantly increasing sample size. MLB LAI and MASTER vegetation indexes, such as NDWI (normalized difference water index), GMI (Gitelson-Merzlyak index) and NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index), were highly correlated (r² = 0.90). In addition, a high correlation (r² = 0.80) between the MLB measured LAI and selected Landsat derived vegetation indexes (VI) was found. This scaling and validation of LAI estimate expands the spatial area and frequency of determination for time series analysis of crop phenology studies.