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Torbern Tagesson

Torbern Tagesson

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Torbern Tagesson

A new vegetation index combination for leaf carotenoid-to-chlorophyll ratio : minimizing the effect of their correlation

Author

  • Chunmei He
  • Jia Sun
  • Yuwen Chen
  • Lunche Wang
  • Shuo Shi
  • Feng Qiu
  • Shaoqiang Wang
  • Torbern Tagesson

Summary, in English

The ratio of leaf carotenoid to chlorophyll (Car/Chl) is an indicator of vegetation photosynthesis, development and responses to stress. However, the correlation between Car and Chl, and their overlapping absorption in the visible spectral domain pose a challenge for optical remote sensing of their ratio. This study aims to investigate combinations of vegetation indices (VIs) to minimize the influence of Car-Chl correlation, thus being more sensitive to the variability in the ratio across vegetation species and sites. VIs sensitive to Car and Chl variability were combined into four candidates of combinations, using a simulated dataset from the PROSPECT model. The VI combinations were then tested using six simulated datasets with different Car-Chl correlations, and evaluated against four independent datasets. The ratio of the carotenoid triangle ratio index (CTRI) with the red-edge chlorophyll index (CIred-edge) was found least influenced by the Car-Chl correlation and demonstrated a superior ability for estimating Car/Chl variability. Compared with published VIs and two machine learning algorithms, CTRI/CIred-edge also showed the optimal performance in the four field datasets. This new VI combination could be useful to provide insights in spatiotemporal variability in the leaf Car/Chl ratio, applicable for assessing vegetation physiology, phenology, and response to environmental stress. Trial registration:Clinical Trials Registry India identifier: CTRI/.

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

272-288

Publication/Series

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volume

16

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • Leaf carotenoids content
  • leaf chlorophyll content
  • PROSPECT model
  • ratio of Car to Chl
  • vegetation index

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1753-8947