基于MODIS数据估算晴空陆地光合有效辐射

陆-气圈层物质与能量交换的核心过程是植物的光合作用,而光合有效辐射则是影响光合作用过程的关键因子,在不同的陆地生态系统模型中,都是重要的输入参数。作者以MODIS卫星数据为基础,反演晴空下影响光合有效辐射的大气因子参数大气可降水量、气溶胶,根据辐射传输方程从大气顶层光合有效辐射反演高分辨率陆地光合有效辐射。算法采用查找表替换辐射传输模型,使其能够对大批量、像元级的数据进行处理。将该算法应用于对华北平原的部分区域进行反演,并使用中国生态网络禹城试验站的自动测量数据对结果进行检验,最大误差在10%以内。

基于MODIS数据的中国陆面制图:方法软件和数据产品(英文)

本文介绍一个自动处理MODIS1B数据并生产覆盖全中国陆面产品的软件系统。该算法改进了LAI(MOD15),土地覆被分类(MOD12),云检测(MOD35),陆面反射率(MOD09)和气溶胶(MOD04)产品。这些算法的输入数据都是本地获取的参数,能够有效降低其带来的不确定性。产生的部分新产品是NASA标准产品中没有的,包括森林火烧迹地和PAR。数据处理系统运行于中国科学院资源与环境数据中心。

Modeling All-sky Global Solar Radiation Using MODIS Atmospheric Products: A Case Study in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The surface solar radiation (SSR) is of great importance to bio-chemical cycle and life activities. However, it is impossible to observe SSR directly over large areas especially for rugged surfaces such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This paper presented an improved parameterized model for predicting all-sky global solar radiation on rugged surfaces using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) atmospheric products and Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The global solar radiation was validated using 11 observations within the plateau. The correlation coefficients of daily data vary between 0.67-0.86, while those of the averages of 10-day data are between 0.79-0.97. The model indicates that the attenuation of SSR is mainly caused by cloud under cloudy sky, and terrain is an important factor influencing SSR over rugged surfaces under clear sky. A positive relationship can also be inferred between the SSR and slope. Compared with horizontal surfaces, the south-facing slope receives more radiation, followed by the west- and east-facing slopes with less SSR, and the SSR of the north-facing slope is the least.

Validating MODIS-derived land surface evapotranspiration with in situ measurements at two AmeriFlux sites in a semiarid region

Reducing uncertainties in the estimation of land surface evapotranspiration (ET) from remote-sensing data is essential to better understand earth-atmosphere interactions. This paper demonstrates the applicability of temperature-vegetation index triangle (T-s-VI) method in estimating regional ET and evaporative fraction (EF, defined as the ratio of latent heat flux to surface available energy) from MODIS/Terra and MODIS/Aqua products in a semiarid region. We have compared the satellite-based estimates of ET and EF with eddy covariance measurements made over 4 years at two semiarid grassland sites: Audubon Ranch (AR) and Kendall Grassland (KG). The lack of closure in the eddy covariance measured surface energy components is shown to be more serious at MODIS/Aqua overpass time than that at MODIS/Terra overpass time for both AR and KG sites. The T-s-VI-derived EF could reproduce in situ EF reasonably well with BIAS and root-mean-square difference (RMSD) of less than 0.07 and 0.13, respectively. Surface net radiation has been shown to be systematically overestimated by as large as about 60 W/m(2). Satisfactory validation results of the T-s-VI-derived sensible and latent heat fluxes have been obtained with RMSD within 54 W/m(2). The simplicity and yet easy use of the T-s-VI triangle method show a great potential in estimating regional ET with highly acceptable accuracy that is of critical significance in better understanding water and energy budgets on the Earth. Nevertheless, more validation work should be carried out over various climatic regions and under other different land use/land cover conditions in the future.