Effects of woody elements on simulated canopy reflectance: Implications for forest chlorophyll content retrieval

An important bio-indicator of actual plant health status, the foliar content of chlorophyll a and b (Cab), can be estimated using imaging spectroscopy. For forest canopies, however, the relationship between the spectral response and leaf chemistry is confounded by factors such as background (e.g. understory), canopy structure, and the presence of non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV, e.g. woody elements)—particularly the appreciable amounts of standing and fallen dead wood found in older forests. We present a sensitivity analysis for the estimation of chlorophyll content in woody coniferous canopies using radiative transfer modeling, and use the modeled top-of-canopy reflectance data to analyze the contribution of woody elements, leaf area index (LAI), and crown cover (CC) to the retrieval of foliar Cab content. The radiative transfer model used comprises two linked submodels: one at leaf level (PROSPECT) and one at canopy level (FLIGHT). This generated bidirectional reflectance data according to the band settings of the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) from which chlorophyll indices were calculated. Most of the chlorophyll indices outperformed single wavelengths in predicting Cab content at canopy level, with best results obtained by the Maccioni index ([R₇₈₀ − R₇₁₀] / [R₇₈₀ − R₆₈₀]). We demonstrate the performance of this index with respect to structural information on three distinct coniferous forest types (young, early mature and old-growth stands). The modeling results suggest that the spectral variation due to variation in canopy chlorophyll content is best captured for stands with medium dense canopies. However, the strength of the up-scaled Cab signal weakens with increasing crown NPV scattering elements, especially when crown cover exceeds 30%. LAI exerts the least perturbations. We conclude that the spectral influence of woody elements is an important variable that should be considered in radiative transfer approaches when retrieving foliar pigment estimates in heterogeneous stands, particularly if the stands are partly defoliated or long-lived.     

FluorMODleaf: A new leaf fluorescence emission model based on the PROSPECT model

A new model of chlorophyll a fluorescence emission by plant leaves, FluorMODleaf, is presented. It is an extension of PROSPECT, a widely used leaf optical properties model that regards the leaf as a pile of N absorbing and diffusing elementary plates. In FluorMODleaf, fluorescence emission of an infinitesimal layer of thickness dx is integrated over the entire elementary plate. The fluorescence source function is based on the excitation spectrum of diluted isolated thylakoids and on the emission spectra of isolated photosystems, PSI and PSII, which are the main pigment-protein complexes involved in the initial stages of photosynthesis. Scattering within the leaf is produced by multiple reflections within and between elementary plates. The input variables of FluorMODleaf are: the number of elementary plates N, also called leaf structure parameter, the total chlorophyll content C_ab, the total carotenoid content C_cx, the equivalent water thickness C_w, and the dry matter content C_m (or leaf mass per area), as in the new PROSPECT-5, plus the σ_II/σ_I ratio referring to the relative absorption cross section of PSI and PSII, and the fluorescence quantum efficiency of PSI and PSII, τ_I and τ_II, that are introduced here as mean fluorescence lifetimes. The model, which considers the reabsorption of emitted light within the leaf, allows good quantitative estimation of both upward and downward apparent spectral fluorescence yield (ASFY) at different excitation wavelengths from 400 nm to 700 nm. It also emphasizes the role of scattering in fluorescence emission by leaves having high chlorophyll content.     

Improving the SMAC atmospheric correction code by analysis of Meteosat Second Generation NDVI and surface reflectance data

In order to obtain high quality data, the correction of atmospheric perturbations acting upon land surface reflectance measurements recorded by a space-based sensor is an important topic within remote sensing. For many years the Second Simulation of the Satellite Signal in the Solar Spectrum (6S) radiative transfer model and the Simplified Method for Atmospheric Correction (SMAC) codes have been used for this atmospheric correction, but previous studies have shown that in a number of situations the quality of correction provided by the SMAC is low. This paper describes a method designed to improve the quality of the SMAC atmospheric correction algorithm through a slight increase in its computational complexity. Data gathered from the SEVIRI aboard Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) is used to validate the additions to SMAC, both by comparison to simulated data corrected using the highly accurate 6S method and by comparison to in-situ and 6S corrected SEVIRI data gathered for two field sites in Africa. The additions to the SMAC are found to greatly increase the quality of atmospheric correction performed, as well as broaden the range of atmospheric conditions under which the SMAC can be applied. When examining the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the relative difference between SMAC and in-situ values decreases by 1.5% with the improvements in place. Similarly, the mean relative difference between SMAC and 6S reflectance values decreases by a mean of 13, 14.5 and 8.5% for Channels 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Furthermore, the processing speed of the SMAC is found to remain largely unaffected, with only a small increase in the time taken to process a full SEVIRI scene. Whilst the method described within this paper is only applicable to SEVIRI data, a similar approach can be applied to other data sources than SEVIRI, and should result in a similar accuracy improvement no matter which instrument supplies the original data.     

一种基于XML的图像存储方法

XML技术广泛应用于数据库和在网络传输。但是XML主要适用于文本数据,所以对于图形数据一般是分开传输的,从而改变了传输的统一性。该文提出了一种图像转换的方法,从而实现了图像在XML中的传输。     

基于IPV6协议的校园网安全探讨

本文通过介绍IPv6的IPSec安全机制,就IPv6在校园网组建中的安全问题展开探讨.采用相互对比和理论分析两种方式相结合,给出IPV6的两种模式组合应用在校园网中的具体实现方法.     

AMOLED displays with transfer‐printed integrated circuits

Abstract— Small integrated circuits of crystalline silicon (chiplets) transfer‐printed onto a flat‐panel‐display substrate provide greatly improved electrical performance and uniformity in active‐matrix organic light‐emitting‐diode (OLED) displays. The integrated circuits are formed in high‐performance crystalline silicon using conventional photolithographic processes and then transfer‐printed onto a substrate using a stamp that transfers hundreds or thousands of chiplets at once. The chiplets are connected to an external controller and to pixel elements using conventional photolithographic substrate processing methods. Active‐matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays using transfer‐printed chiplets have good yields, excellent uniformity, and electrical performance and are thermally robust.     

Two-step design of critical control systems using disturbance cancellation integral controllers

An efficient critical control system design is proposed in this paper. The key idea is to decompose the design problem into two simpler design steps by the technique used in the classical loop transfer recovery method (LTR). The disturbance cancellation integral controller is used as a basic controller. Since the standard loop transfer recovery method cannot be applied to the disturbance cancellation controller, the nonstandard version recently found is used for the decomposition. Exogenous inputs with constraints both on the amplitude and rate of change are considered. The majorant approach is taken to obtain the analytical sufficient matching conditions. A numerical design example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design.     

保细节的网格刚性变形算法

提出了一种新的保细节的变形算法,可以使网格模型进行尽量刚性的变形,以减少变形中几何细节的扭曲.首先根据网格曲面局部细节的丰富程度,对原始网格进行聚类生成其简化网格;然后对简化网格进行变形,根据其相邻面片变形的相似性,对简化网格作进一步的合并,生成新的变形结果,将该变形传递给原始网格作为初始变形结果.由于对属于同一个类的网格顶点进行相同的刚性变形,可在变形中较好地保持该区域的表面细节,但分属不同类的顶点之间会出现变形的不连续.为此,通过迭代优化一个二次能量函数,对每个网格顶点的变形进行调整来得到最终变形结果.实验结果显示,该算法简单高效,结果令人满意.     

SITRANS F C流量计在羰基铁液体计量中的应用

癀基铁粉的生产工艺过程实际上是一个合成与分解的过程,首先在合成釜中海绵铁与CO气体在高压下生成五羰基铁液体,五羰基铁液体在分解器中进行分解生成高纯铁粉,并释放出CO气体。在整个反应体系中由于羰基铁液体在压力变化时会有CO气体释放,产生气泡,造成流量测量值波动,无法进行工艺流程控制的特殊性,在流量计的选用上最终使用了德国西门子的MASS2100质量流量计。在应用过程中对MASS2100质量流量计的测量工作造成极大的影响,针对此问题发生,通过大量地实践工作最终找到解决方案。     

在线质谱分析仪的研制及应用

针对工业过程在线监测需求,研制了一种基于四极杆质量分析器的在线质谱分析系统,详细描述了该仪器的主要组成结构及各模块的功能特点,对该仪器进行了性能测试,结果显示该仪器技术指标已达到国际同类产品的指标要求。在钢铁冶金、石油化工以及生物制药等行业的应用结果表明,该系统具有响应时间快(<1 s),测量精度高,动态范围宽,可同时进行多流路多组分分析,维护成本低和可靠性高等突出优势,能够适用于多种复杂、恶劣的应用环境。