Special session: Applications of spectral invariants
| Chair: | Miina Rautiainen, Aalto University, Finnland, miina.a.rautiainen@aalto.fi |
| Co-Chair: | Yuri Knyazikhin, Boston University, USA, jknjazi@bu.edu; |
The objective of the proposed special session is to discuss novel applications of the spectral invariants theory in monitoring vegetation and clouds. The spectral invariants theory presents a methodology that synergistically exploits the information content of spectral and multiangular remote sensing data in monitoring vegetation canopies and clouds. The theory explains the physical basis underlying the effects of scale on interpretation of optical remote sensing data and enables data dimension reduction and analysis in a very high dimensional space. Therefore, it offers a simple and accurate parameterization for the shortwave radiation block in e.g. global models of climate and biogeochemical cycles.
Keywords: spectral invariants, photon recollision probability, vegetation, atmosphere
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