Radiative environment inside a greenhouse

This paper reports a study on the solar and thermal radiative environment inside a plastic film cladded tunnel type greenhouse.In the day-time the net radiation is found to be strongly correlated to the incoming solar radiation, in analogy to what is known to occur over open ground. At night, a simple radiation budget model is effective in relating the net radiation to the radiometric properties and temperature of the surfaces which form the envelope of the greenhouse and the external (atmospheric and terrestrial) radiation fluxes.     

贺兰山油松林冠层的辐射能量截获及传输利用特征

油松作为我国北方地区典型的森林植被类型,研究辐射能量在其冠层中的分配、收支及传输,是构建森林冠层辐射传输模型和生态过程模型的理论基础,对阐明森林植被群落中能量流动和物质循环机理具有重要意义。基于贺兰山生态站油松林通量塔定位观测获取的上、下行长短波辐射、光合有效辐射(photosynthetically active radiation, PAR)以及气象数据,分析2021年4—9月不同天气和季节条件下油松林冠层的辐射能量截获及传输特征。结果表明：(1)晴天条件下太阳总辐射的日变化表现为光滑的“单峰”曲线,但多云条件下则呈现不规则的“多峰”曲线,且减弱48.3%的太阳总辐射能量到达冠层顶部。(2)太阳总辐射以下行短波辐射为主,晴天的上行短波辐射日变化虽也呈“单峰”形态,但仅占下行短波辐射的8.1%,上行和下行长波辐射随昼夜交替略有波动。(3)太阳短波辐射的季节动态特征表明,上行和下行短波辐射在6月最高,而上行和下行长波辐射在7月最高。(4)在冠层上方(25 m处)呈规则“单峰”形态的PAR日动态曲线,经过冠层截获和传输作用后,在冠层下方(7 m处)变为不规则曲线;PAR的透过率为32.2...     

Two-dimensional solar radiation interception model for hedgerow fruit trees

A two-dimensional, hourly or daily time step model was developed, which takes canopy characteristics and row orientation into account to simulate solar radiation interception in hedgerow orchards. In order to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of soil irradiance across the tree row, the canopy path length through which the radiation must travel to reach a certain point on the soil surface is calculated. The model assumes leaves to be uniformly distributed within an ellipsoid, and radiation penetrating the canopy is attenuated according to Beer’s law. Beam or direct radiation and diffuse radiation for the PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) and NIR (near-infrared radiation) wavebands are calculated separately, as they interact differently with the canopy. The attenuation of beam radiation by the canopy is strongly dependent on canopy dimensions and architecture, zenith and azimuth angle, as well as row orientation. Radiation can penetrate neighbouring rows, so two rows on either side of the simulated row are considered. Validation of the model was carried out for a wide range of conditions (crops, row orientation, canopy density, tree size and shape). Field measurements included solar radiation, soil irradiance at different distances from the tree row with tube solarimeters, leaf area density, as well as canopy size and row orientation. Model predictions of soil irradiance were excellent in orchards with symmetrical and elliptical canopies having a uniform leaf distribution. In orchards where the canopy was non-symmetric and/or had non-uniform leaf distribution, errors in predictions of solar radiation transmittance occurred. As a result of these discrepancies, the overall MAE was 40% of the average measured value of radiant transmittance over the whole day.     

The influence of cloudiness on UV global irradiance (295–385 nm)

Two years of continuous measurements of UV (295–385 nm) irradiance recorded at Granada (37.18°N, 3.58°W, 660 m a.m.s.l.), Spain, were combined with concurrent synoptic cloud observations to establish the relative influence of clouds on UV irradiance. A marked influence of cloud cover on UV irradiance is evident, but negligible for fractional cloud coverage below 3 octas. The ratio of UV irradiance to the total solar irradiance increases with cloud cover, especially for cloud cover greater than 4 octas, highlighting the different effects of cloud on total solar irradiance and UV irradiance. In order to determine the effect of cloud on UV irradiance, we considered a cloud modification factor, defined as the ratio between the UV measurements and the corresponding clear sky UV irradiance that would be expected for the same time period and atmospheric conditions. It is shown that the effect of cloud for UV wavelengths is less than that for the whole solar spectrum and less than that for the visible part of the spectrum. On the other hand, the small influence of cloud cover for intermediate cloudiness was accompanied by low variability and variability increases with increasing cloud cover.     

基于6S模型的GF-1卫星影像大气校正及效果

高分一号(GF-1)卫星是中国高分系列卫星的首发星,自2013年4月成功发射以来,在中国农业遥感业务工作中得到了广泛应用,已成为中国大宗农作物种植面积遥感监测的主要数据源。该文基于6S(second simulation of a satellite signal in the solar spectrum)辐射传输模型原理,设计并实现了适合于GF-1卫星数据大气校正算法与程序。算法以GF-1卫星1级数据、元数据及传感器公开参数为输入数据,不需要其他外源辅助数据,经过辐射定标,计算各波段平均太阳辐射值、表观反射率,通过选择大气模式,驱动6S模型获取表观反射率转换为地表反射率的参数,逐像元计算影像地表反射率。在算法研制的基础上,应用Fortran和IDL语言编写了大气校正批处理程序,实现了大气校正过程的批处理。该文采用2014年4月3日、6月28日、11月2日,以及2015年1月19日4个时相北京地区GF1卫星WFV(wide field view)数据,分别代表春夏秋冬4个季节,通过与ENVI软件的FLAASH(fast line-of-sight atmospheric analysis of spectral hypercubes)大气校正结果对比进行评估。2种方法 4个时相各波段全年相对偏差为3.26%,蓝光波段偏差最大为11.21%,其次是红、近红和绿光波段,分别为1.19%、0.73%和0.24%。作物覆盖区平均相对误差为12.99%,冬季最高为17.40%,秋季和春季分别为15.02%和14.15%,夏季相对差异最小为8.31%。各波段地表反射率的整体校正情况并未有太大差异,但6S校正后各波段反射率普遍比FLAASH校正结果略微偏高。2种校正结果计算的NDVI也基本一致,相对偏差0.64%;除水体外,绝对值差值的平均值均在0.0548以内。从计算效率来分析,6S模块实现了商用软件FLAASH模块中未提供的批量计算,在相同硬件环境下计算效率提高了75.0%以上。研究结果表明了该文开发的大气校正程序能够稳定批量处理GF-1卫星数据,可以作为农业遥感监测业务流程的组成部分。     

Energy receipt and partitioning in a ginseng shade canopy and mulch environment

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of a suspended shade canopy and thick straw mulch on energy receipt and partitioning during hot, dry summer days in a large commercial ginseng garden in the arid interior of British Columbia, Canada. The shade canopy decreased both solar and net radiation beneath the canopy by up to 75% during the day. Windspeeds were significantly reduced beneath the canopy. Air temperatures beneath the canopy were up to 6°C higher during the day and 2°C higher at night. Soil thermal and moisture regimes were almost completely decoupled from the atmospheric environment because of the high diffusive resistances to heat and vapour transfer imposed by both the shade canopy and straw mulch. The low net radiation beneath the canopy also contributed to the low rate of evaporation observed.     

Modelled and measured ratio of PAR to global radiation under cloudless skies

The ratio between photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) and solar broadband irradiance depends on the spectral structure of radiation. Therefore, at the Earth surface, this ratio depends on atmospheric conditions and solar height. Specifically, for cloudless skies, and based on results from a spectral radiative transfer model, a parameterised model is presented here in order to obtain the ratio between PPFD and global irradiance from meteorological routine measurements. The two main input variables of the model are air mass and an estimation of precipitable water column. Modelled values are compared to measurements taken at Girona (NE Iberian Peninsula). A correction to measurements is developed to take into account the non-cosine response of the instruments. Agreement between measurements and model is significantly better than merely considering a constant value of the ratio between PPFD and global broadband irradiance.     

A topographic geostatistical approach for mapping monthly mean values of daily global solar radiation: A case study in southern Spain

Local topography influences total incoming solar radiation at ground surface in mountainous areas, and so it becomes a key factor for the spatial distribution of plants. However, radiometric stations are often clustered only around farmland or populated areas, usually throughout valleys and flat regions. In this work, we use residual kriging methods to account for cloud- and terrain-related effects, especially when availability of measurements in mountains is scarce. Terrain-related effects have been considered through the terrain elevation and a topographic clear-sky solar radiation model that, additionally, also allow us to consider local clouds effects. Mesoscale-level phenomena were considered through the distance to the coast and the geographical longitude, that partially explain the atmospheric circulation in the studied region. The study has been conducted in the region of Andalusia, in southern Spain, using a target grid support of 1 km of grid-spacing and based on a 10-year length experimental dataset of 63 stations. Two different residual kriging approaches were evaluated and compared against ordinary kriging estimates. Overall, all kriging methods showed good skills in predicting the spatial regionalization of the monthly averages of daily solar radiation. The use of the distance to the coast and the geographical longitude enhanced the performance of residual kriging methods. Elevation proved to be important during summer months, while clear-sky solar radiation estimates were helpful especially during winter months. Overall, the RMSE value for ordinary kriging at the validation sites was about 3%. The residual kriging methods were able to outperform ordinary kriging around a 5% in winter and up to a 18% in summer, in relative terms.     

Comparison of empirical daily surface incoming solar radiation models

Most environmental and agronomic models use climatic inputs such as temperature, solar radiation and rainfall. In Canada, few automatic weather stations can monitor incoming solar radiation. Hence, surface incoming solar radiation must be estimated from other meteorological data. The aim of the present research was to conduct a comparative study of three empirical models for the estimation of surface incoming solar radiation on a horizontal surface. The first two methodologies use the traditional and long-utilized linear approach based on latitude and daily temperature range. A more recent methodology uses neural networks (NN) to build a similar regression based on latitude and temperature range, but providing more flexibility in the formulation as well as a non-linear activation function. Global daily solar radiation data from 11 stations located in northeastern America was used to optimize and test the different models. Even though coefficients of the classical models were locally optimized using a standard unconstrained non-linear scheme, NNs markedly improved the estimation of incoming surface solar radiation.     

Canopy architecture,irradiance distribution on leaf surfaces and consequent photosynthetic efficiencies in heterogeneous plant canopies. Part II. Results and discussion

The influence of canopy architecture on the irradiance distribution on leaf surfaces in horizontally heterogeneous canopies was investigated using a procedural radiative transfer model. Four model canopies were abstracted as plant stands of 10 rows and 20 plants per row, and the procedural model was executed in conjunction with these digitized canopies. From the resulting distribution of the penetration function, the energy incident on leaf surfaces along the normal was calculated. The irradiance distribution was characterized by formally defining three kinds of irradiance — normal, diminished and null. Gross and net photosynthetic efficiencies due to irradiance in each energy class are presented. Canopy architecture was found to significantly influence the efficiency of energy use by affecting the interception pattern of solar radiation.     

利用3D模型模拟天空与叶面散射对玉米冠层截光率的影响

该文利用并行蒙特卡罗光线跟踪模型定量分析了天空散射与叶片散射对玉米冠层截光率的影响.模拟试验表明:相同辐射强度时,冠层截获的光强与受剑照射的叶片在天空散射时都比直接辐射时多;当太阳高度角小于60°时,冠层在阴大截获的总光强小于晴大,但至少60%的叶片在阴大截获的光强大于晴大时截获的光强;叶片散射对冠层光分布的影响与波长...     

Ultraviolet-B radiation in a row-crop canopy: an extended 1-D model

A decrease in stratospheric ozone may result in a serious threat to plants, since biologically active short-wavelength ultraviolet-B (UV-B 280–320 nm) radiation will increase even with a relatively small decrease in ozone. Numerous investigations have demonstrated that the effect of UV-B enhancements on plants includes reduction in grain yield, alteration in species competition, susceptibility to disease, and changes in plant structure and pigmentation. To determine the physiological effects on plants of any increases in UV-B radiation, the irradiances at the potential sensitive plant surface need to be known. A number of radiative transfer models exist but because of the importance of sky diffuse radiation to the global UV-B irradiance, models designed to estimate photosynthetically active radiation or total solar radiation may not accurately model the UV-B. This paper compares spatially and temporally averaged measurements of the UV-B canopy transmittance of a relatively dense maize canopy (sky view: 0.27°) to the estimations of two one-dimensional models differing mainly in the handling of sky radiance. The model that considered the distribution of sky radiance tended to underestimate the canopy transmittance, the model that assumed an isotropic sky radiance distribution tended to overestimate the canopy transmittance. However, the assumption concerning the sky radiance distribution accounted for only about 0.01 of the model error. Consequently, the sky radiance distribution is probably not important in modeling such dense crop canopies. The model that overestimated transmittance and had the generally larger errors, a modified Meyers model, used the assumption of uniform leaf angle distribution, whereas in the other model, designated the UVRT model, leaf angle distributions were estimated by sample measurements. Generally this model would be satisfactory in describing the statistically average UV-B irradiance conditions in the canopy. This model may also be applied to other dense plant canopies including forests.     

On the relationship between incoming solar radiation and daily maximum and minimum temperature

A relationship between atmospheric transmittance and the daily range of air temperature is developed. The relationship is T_t = A[1—exp(—BΔT^c)] where T_t is the daily total atmospheric transmittance, ΔT is the daily range of air temperature, and A, B, and C are empirical coefficients, determined for a particular location from measured solar radiation data. Tests on three data sets indicate that 70–90% of the variation in daily solar radiation can be accounted for by this simple model.     

MODIS数据辅助的GF-1影像晴空光合有效辐射反演

面向农作物产量监测对中高分辨率遥感数据光合有效辐射(photosynthetically available radiation,PAR)反演的实际需求,该文选择山东省禹城市2014年1月至2014年12月共13景GF-1/WFV卫星影像作为数据源,基于中分辨率成像光谱仪(moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer,MODIS)地表反射率产品作为辅助数据源,开发了适于业务运行的WFV数据气溶胶光学厚度(aerosol optical depth,AOD)及PAR的反演算法。算法核心是采用6S(second simulation of satellite signal in the solar spectrum)大气辐射传输模型,建立包括AOD在内的大气参数与查找表(look-up table,LUT),结合大气顶层太阳入射辐照度及卫星入瞳处辐射亮度值反演地表反射率数据,通过与WFV蓝光波段地表反射率数据对比获取大气参数。通过反演的大气参数计算400~700 nm连续光谱区间的PAR值,并建立WFV数据离散红、绿、蓝光波段与连续光谱区间PAR的转换系数,实现WFV数据PAR的反演。其中,WFV蓝光波段反射率数据与MODIS地表反射率数据关系、离散到连续谱段PAR的关系可以从美国地质勘探局(United States Geological Survey,USGS)提供的典型地物波谱库数据理论计算获取。利用中国生态系统研究网络(chinese ecosystem research network,CERN)禹城站地面观测值进行验证结果表明,该文提出的算法总体精度达到92.63%,平均绝对误差为14.56 W/m~2,平均相对误差7.37%,具有业务应用的潜力。     

基于夏玉米冠层内辐射分布的不同层叶面积指数模拟

为了模拟夏玉米冠层内各层叶面积指数垂直分布,光合有效辐射（photosynthetically active radiation, PAR）是研究作物群体光合作用和长势的重要特征参数,阐明冠层内PAR的垂直分布规律与冠层结构等参数之间的相关关系,可为遥感定量反演冠层结构参数提供模型基础。该文基于PAR在冠层内的辐射传输规律结合冠层结构模拟不同太阳高度角的PAR透过率垂直分布模型,并用地面冠层分析仪测量值进行验证,结果表明模型对封垄前玉米抽雄期冠层内PAR透过率垂直分布模拟精度较高。通过不同太阳高度角PAR透过率的垂直分布模型结合消光系数运用不同算法分别反演层叶面积指数（leaf area index, LAI）,并与不同高度层LAI实测值进行比较。结果显示：Bonhomme& Chartier算法反演不同高度层LAI精度较高,上层均方根误差（root mean square error,RMSE）为0.18,中层RMSE为0.55,下层RMSE为0.09。不同太阳高度角反演结果存在差异,30°和45°高度角均能较好地反演下层LAI,RMSE分别为0.11与0.09;30°高度角反演中层LAI精度较高,RMSE为0.30;45°高度角反演上层LAI精度较高,RMSE为0.18。结果表明基于不同太阳高度角构建的层LAI反演模型更适于实现夏玉米不同高度层LAI的遥感估算。该研究可为模拟垄行结构冠层内LAI垂直分布提供参考。     

基于多时相和多角度光谱信息的作物株型遥感识别初探

作物群体具有一定的冠层几何结构(株型),对于不同株型的品种,在相同的叶面积指数时冠层反射光谱往往不同,使得利用冠层反射光谱来反演叶面积指数等生物物理和生物化学参数时存在不同株型产生的误差,该文定量研究了不同叶面积指数条件下,作物株型对冠层反射光谱的影响,并提出运用波长800 nm处起身期的冠层反射光谱与该波长处拔节期和起身期冠层反射光谱的比值,可以初步实现高密度披散型品种、低密度披散型品种、高密度中间型品种、低密度中间型品种、高密度直立型品种和低密度直立型品种的遥感识别,结合一定条件下选取的15°、30°和45°观测天顶角下,与可见光和近红外波段(波长)处的二向反射冠层反射光谱数值大小进行结合,可以初步实现作物株型的遥感识别。     

Spatial modelling of photosynthesis for a boreal mixedwood forest by integrating micrometeorological,lidar and hyperspectral remote sensing data

The adaptation of a national/continental-scale model of carbon uptake to the local-scale using highly detailed airborne discrete lidar and hyperspectral data was investigated at a boreal forest mixedwood site in northern Ontario. Spatially explicit maps of canopy chlorophyll concentration and the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by the canopy (FPAR) under direct and diffuse radiative conditions were developed for five time periods in 2004 (i.e., winter (January 1–May 31), leaf-out (June 1–20), summer (June 21–July 31 and August 1–31) and senescence (September 1–30)). The maps were used in conjunction with meteorological measurements, such as incident total and diffuse PAR, global solar radiation, and air temperature, taken on a flux tower which is located at the center of the study.Distinct spatial patterns in FPAR, a result of changes in canopy chlorophyll concentration, are increasingly evident throughout the season because of the variation in species groupings within the 1-km radius surrounding the flux tower. In general, the model shows a good correlation to flux-tower-measured gross ecosystem productivity (GEP) (r² = 0.70 for 10-day averages throughout the year), with the largest deviations occurring in June–July. Species-level data shows the influence of a large homogenous patch of black spruce on the tower measured GEP and demonstrates the contribution of white birch, by far the most dominant species, to the total GEP for the area.     

Individual- and scattered-tree influences on ultraviolet irradiance

Many of the potential effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)—damage to materials, altered herbivory of insects and activity of microbes, modified growth of vegetation, and adverse or beneficial effects on human health—are modified by the presence of trees that influence UVR exposure to various degrees. Though tree effects on total solar irradiance have been investigated often by measurements and modeling, tree influences on UVR, particularly in the ultraviolet B (UVB, 320–280 nm), differ substantially from tree influences on the rest of the solar spectrum, and thus the ratio of UVB to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is altered. Trees greatly reduce both UVB and PAR irradiance in their shade when they obscure both the sun and sky. Beneath dense forest canopies, relative irradiance (I_r=irradiancebeneath trees/above-canopy irradiance) for both UVB and PAR radiation may be 0.01–0.02. In the shade of a single tree, I_r on the horizontal in the PAR and total shortwave (SW) was about 0.1, whereas in the UVB and ultraviolet A (UVA, 320–400 nm), I_r was about 0.4. Conversely, where direct beam radiation came through gaps between crowns in a group of deciduous trees in winter, PAR I_r values averaged 0.95 and UVB I_r averaged only 0.41. In comparisons of minimum values of I_r on horizontal and the south-facing vertical surfaces in tree shade for UVB, UVA, SW, and PAR, where UVB I_r on the horizontal ranged from 0.22 to 0.62, depending on solar zenith angle, UVB I_r on the vertical ranged from 0.05 to 0.27. UVB I_r consistently exceeded UVA I_r on both the horizontal and vertical surfaces. PAR and SW I_r differed little between horizontal and vertical surfaces in tree shade. Modeled average I_r on the horizontal below a regular grid of ellipsoidal tree crowns was given byI_p=1−m−(θ^0.711/5.05)sin(πm), where m is fraction of area covered by tree crowns and θ is solar zenith angle. The tree influences will vary with pollutants in the boundary layer, which affect scattering of UVR.     

作物株丛间的太阳辐射测试仪

本文介绍一种节电型的太阳辐射量测试装置,内容包括传感器的制作和用实时时钟控制的单片机数据采集系统。这个装置主要用于在作物冠层中测量接收到的太阳辐射量的百分比。