Photon-Vegetation Interactions

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVII

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2. Introduction

   • J. Ross

   Pages 1-7

3. Fundamental Equations of Radiative Transfer in Leaf Canopies, and Iterative Methods for Their Solution

   • Y. Knyazikhin, A. Marshak

   Pages 9-43

4. Discrete Ordinates Method for Photon Transport in Leaf Canopies

   • R. B. Myneni, A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, G. Asrar

   Pages 45-109

5. Principles of Statistical Phytoactinometry

   • G. V. Menzhulin, O. A. Anisimov

   Pages 111-137

6. The Hot Spot Effect in Plant Canopy Reflectance

   • A. Kuusk

   Pages 139-159

7. Approximate Analytical Methods for Calculating the Reflection Functions of Leaf Canopies in Remote Sensing Applications

   • T. Nilson

   Pages 161-190

8. Polarization of Light by Vegetation

   • V. C. Vanderbilt, L. Grant, S. L. Ustin

   Pages 191-228

9. Leaf Optical Properties

   • E. A. Walter-Shea, J. M. Norman

   Pages 229-251

10. Photon Transport in Leaf Tissue: Applications in Plant Physiology

    • L. Fukshansky

    Pages 253-302

11. Photon Transport in Phototropic Organisms

    • A. R. Steinhardt

    Pages 303-337

12. Radiative Transfer in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Vegetation Canopies

    • D. S. Kimes

    Pages 339-388

13. Photon Transport in Discontinuous Canopies: A Weighted Random Approach

    • J. M. Welles, J. M. Norman

    Pages 389-414

14. Geometric-Optical Modeling of Forests as Remotely-Sensed Scenes Composed of Three-Dimensional, Discrete Objects

    • A. H. Strahler, D. L. B. Jupp

    Pages 415-440

15. Monte Carlo Methods

    • J. Ross, A. Marshak

    Pages 441-467

16. Radiation Regime and Photosynthesis of Coniferous Stands

    • P. Oker-Blom, J. Lappi, H. Smolander

    Pages 469-499

17. Joining Leaf Photosynthesis Models and Canopy Photon-Transport Models

    • V. P. Gutschick

    Pages 501-535

18. Applications of Radiative Transfer Models for Remote Sensing of Vegetation Conditions and States

    • G. Asrar, R. B. Myneni

    Pages 537-558

19. Back Matter

    Pages 559-565

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Photon-Vegetation Interactions deals with the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with vegetation canopies. The approach to the various aspects is mainly theoretical and consequently the subject is being treated as a special branch of mathematical physics. A major emphasis is on the development of theoretical methods for determining the reflection function of vegetation canopies in optical remote sensing. Furthermore, the coupling of the radiative transfer theory with leaf photosynthesis to evaluate the productivity of vegetation canopies is treated as well as the theory of photon transport in phototropic and other biological media.

• Fernerkundung
• Phototropismus
• Strahlung
• Vegetation
• development
• electromagnetic

• Hydrological Sciences Branch, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  Ranga B. Myneni

• Institute of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tartu, Tõravere, Estonia

  Juhan Ross

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