Exploring the Dependence of Spectral Properties on Canopy Temperature with Ground-Based Sensors: Implications for Synergies Between Remote-Sensing VSWIR and TIR Data.

ABSTRACT: Spaceborne instruments have an irreplaceable role in detecting fundamental vegetation features that link physical properties to ecological theory, but their success depends on our understanding of the complex dynamics that control plant spectral properties-a scale-dependent challenge. We explored differences between the warmer and cooler areas of tree canopies with a ground-based experimental layout consisting of a spectrometer and a thermal camera mounted on a portable crane that enabled synergies between thermal and spectral reflectance measurements at the fine scale. Thermal images were used to characterise the thermal status of different parts of a dense circular cluster of containerised trees, and their spectral reflectance was measured. The sensitivity of the method was found to be u

SUBMITTER: Halios CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11820332 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature