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PROSPECT - leaf hemispherical reflectance and transmittance model

Data available
Radiative transfer model which calculates the leaf hemispherical reflectance and transmittance from 400 to 2500 nm. Scattering is described by the refractive index of leaf materials (n) and by a parameter characterizing the leaf mesophyll structure (N). Absorption is calculated from the concentrations of the biochimicals and the specific absorption corresponding coefficients.
Developer
Stéphane Jacquemoud, Laboratoire Environnement et Développement, Université Paris.
Scientific documentation
  • Jacquemoud S., Bacour C., Poilve H., Frangi J.-P. (2000),Comparison of four radiative transfer models to simulate plant canopies reflectance - Direct and inverse mode, Remote Sens. Environ., 74, pp. 471-481.
  • Jacquemoud S., Ustin S.L., Verdebout J., Schmuck G., Andreoli G., Hosgood B. (1996), Estimating leaf biochemistry using the PROSPECT leaf optical properties model, Remote Sens. Environ., 56, pp. 194-202.
  • Jacquemoud S., Baret F. (1990), PROSPECT: a model of leaf optical properties spectra, Remote Sens. Environ., 34, pp. 75-91.
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Format information
Model written in Fortran 77.
Date project began or when data was first available
1990.
Date information last updated and by whom