Comparison of total emitted solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and top-of-canopy (TOC) SIF in estimating photosynthesis

Lu, Xiaoliang; Liu, Zhunqiao; Zhao, Feng; Tang, Jianwu

doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112083

Comparison of total emitted solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and top-of-canopy (TOC) SIF in estimating photosynthesis

Journal Article · Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Remote Sensing of Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112083· OSTI ID:1850972

Lu, Xiaoliang ^[1]; Liu, Zhunqiao ^[1]; Zhao, Feng ^[2]; Tang, Jianwu ^[3]

Northwest A&F University (China); Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States)
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China)
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States)

We report many studies have shown that solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) has a good potential to predict gross primary production (GPP) of vegetation. What we measured by remote sensing or near-surface platforms is top-of-canopy (TOC) SIF (SIF_toc), which is not necessarily equal or proportional to total emitted SIF (SIF_tot) from the entire canopy due to the (re)absorption and scattering effects. However, photosynthesis, the process that plants use to fix carbon from the atmosphere, occurs at the entire vertical canopy. Here, by using the recollision theory, we calculated SIF_tot at 760 nm from the measured SIF_toc, hyperspectral reflectance (R), canopy interception (i) and leaf albedo (ω_l). Among them, both SIF_toc and R can be obtained from concurrent TOC spectral measurements; i and ω_l in the near-infrared region can be estimated from the open access datasets with a good accuracy. Our result confirms that the measured SIF_toc only accounts for a small fraction of SIF_tot: the above-the-canopy sensor can only “see” on average 22.9% of SIF_tot at Harvard Forest. SIF_tot has the following advantages over SIF_toc in estimating GPP: (1) SIF_tot improves the diurnal estimate of canopy GPP, especially capable to capture the midday depression of photosynthesis which may cause the large discrepancies between SIF_toc and GPP on a diurnal basis, (2) SIF_tot produces a stronger correlation with GPP from plants with complex canopy structure or under sky conditions with more diffuse irradiance, and (3) the SIF_tot-GPP relationship shows a stronger resilience to environmental stresses. The fluorescence escape ratio (f_esc), the ratio between SIF_tocmultiplied by π and SIF_tot, is mostly determined by the sun-canopy-sensor geometry and leaf inclination distribution. The effect of LAI and the leaf chlorophyll concentration on f_esc is marginal at the 760 nm wavelength. Our results suggest that converting SIF_toc into SIF_tot provides a better tool to understand and estimate GPP.

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Research Organization:: Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: MBL Lillie Research Innovation Award; National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Science Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); University of Chicago

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0006951

OSTI ID:: 1850972

Journal Information:: Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal Name: Remote Sensing of Environment Journal Issue: C Vol. 251; ISSN 0034-4257

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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