SENTINEL-2 : SPECTRA

STATUS: Finished

 

Norway spruce belongs to the most important boreal forests which represent one of the largest biomas on Earth. Therefore the documentation and research of the dynamics of carbon cycle (i.e. conversion of carbon, its absorption and sources) inside the eco-system of Norway spruce is in the centre of the scientific as well as communal attention. The current spectral-directional systems of the satellite observations (like CHRIS onboard the PROBA satellite, MISR) are able to yield useful means for the research and simulation of the carbon cycle on different scales.

 

In 2003 a Czech national project CzechCarbo began. Within the project mechanisms and principal environmental factors influencing the ability to absorb atmospheric carbon by european forest eco-systems were studied from the local to regional level. The project is based on the method which includes 'from above - down' as well as 'from below - up' simulation approach. The approach 'from below - up' directly simulates the processes of the carbon exchange between eco-system and the atmosphere using the models of series of vegetation, physiological and biological processes like photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration and so on. Imaging spectroscopy can be used for parametrization of these models by the help of the observed biological and biochemical data obtained from airplanes (like AVIRIS, HyMAP, CASI) or from space systems (MERIS, MODIS, Hyperion) with implementation of appropriate models of radiation transfer.

Map of estimated leaf chlorophyll content in Norway spruce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESA web-pages reference.

 

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Project Duration: 2005 - 2009

Approved budget: 210 000 €

Principal Investigator : Zbyněk Malenovsky

Address : Ústav systémové biologie a ekologie AV ČR

Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice

zbynek.malenovsky@gmail.com