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Effect of Red-edge Band to Estimate Leaf Area Index in Close Canopy Forest

울폐산림의 엽면적지수 추정을 위한 적색경계 밴드의 효과

  • Lee, Hwa-Seon (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Lee, Kyu-Sung (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
  • 이화선 (인하대학교 공간정보공학과) ;
  • 이규성 (인하대학교 공간정보공학과)
  • Received : 2017.09.24
  • Accepted : 2017.10.18
  • Published : 2017.10.30
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Abstract

The number of spaceborne optical sensors including red-edge band has been increasing since red-edge band is known to be effective to enhance the information content on biophysical characteristics of vegetation. Considering that the Agriculture and Forestry Satellite is planning to carry an imaging sensor having red-edge band, we tried to analyze the current status and potential of red-edge band. As a case study, we analyzed the effect of using red-edge band and tried to find the optimum band width and wavelength region of the red-edge band to estimate leaf area index (LAI) of very dense tree canopy. Field spectral measurements were conducted from April to October over two tree species (white oak and pitch pine) having high LAI. Using the spectral measurement data, total 355 red-edge bands reflectance were simulated by varying five band width (10 nm, 20 nm, 30 nm, 40 nm, 50 nm) and 71 central wavelength. Two red-edge based spectral indices(NDRE, CIRE) were derived using the simulated red-edge band and compared with the LAI of two tree species. Both NDRE and CIRE showed higher correlation coefficients with the LAI than NDVI. This would be an alternative to overcome the limitation of the NDVI saturation problem that NDVI has not been effective to estimate LAI over very dense canopy situation. There was no significant difference among five band widths of red-edge band in relation to LAI. The highest correlation coefficients were obtained at the red-edge band of center wavelength near the 720 nm for the white oak and 710 nm for the pitch pine. To select the optimum band width and wavelength region of the red-edge band, further studies are necessary to examine the relationship with other biophysical variables, such as chlorophyll, nitrogen, water content, and biomass.

적색경계밴드(red-edge band)가 식물의 생물리적 특성과 밀접한 관계를 가지고 있다고 알려지고 있으며, 이에 따라 최근 적색경계밴드를 포함한 위성영상센서가 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 향후 농림업중형위성에 적색경계밴드 탑재를 계획하고 있는 점을 감안하여, 적색경계밴드와 관련된 연구 현황과 활용 가치를 분석하고자 한다. 수관울폐도가 높은 우리나라 산림의 엽면적지수(Leaf Area Index, LAI) 추정에 있어서 적색경계밴드의 효과를 분석하였고, 더 나아가 LAI 추정을 위한 최적의 파장폭과 파장영역을 도출하고자 하였다. LAI가 5 이상인 갈참나무와 리기다소나무를 대상으로 4월부터 10월까지 시계열 분광반사 측정자료를 이용하여 LAI와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 분광반사측정자료에서 5개의 파장폭(10 nm, 20 nm, 30 nm, 40 nm, 50 nm)과 71개의 중심파장(680 nm부터 750 nm까지 1 nm 간격)을 달리하여 모두 355개의 적색경계밴드를 모의 생성했다. 적색경계밴드를 기반으로 하는 두 개의 분광지수 NDRE(normalized difference red-edge index)와 CIRE(chlorophyll index red-edge)를 산출하여 LAI와 상관관계를 분석하였다. 적색경계밴드 기반의 분광지수인 NDRE 및 CIRE는 수관울폐도가 높은 갈참나무와 리기다소나무의 LAI와 높은 상관관계를 얻을 수 있었다. 이는 수관울폐도가 높은 국내 산림에서 일반적으로 사용되는 NDVI가 LAI와의 상관관계가 낮게 나타났던 한계를 해결할 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다. 10 nm부터 50 nm까지 적색경계밴드의 파장폭 효과는 산림의 LAI와 관계에서 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. LAI와 최대 상관관계를 보이는 적색경계밴드의 중심파장은 갈참나무에서는 720 nm 부근, 그리고 리기다소나무에서는 710 nm 주변으로 나타났다. 우리나라 농작물 및 산림의 식생정보 획득과 모니터링을 위한 최적의 적색경계밴드의 파장폭과 파장영역을 결정하기 위해서는 다른 생물리적인자(엽록소, 질소, 수분함량, 생체량 등)와의 관계도 충분히 고려하여야 한다.

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