Outputs (39)

Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content research (2024)
Journal Article
Yebra, M., Scortechini, G., Adeline, K., Aktepe, N., Almoustafa, T., Bar-Massada, A., …Younes Cardenas, N. (in press). Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content research. Scientific Data, 11(1), 332. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03159-6

Globe-LFMC 2.0, an updated version of Globe-LFMC, is a comprehensive dataset of over 280,000 Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC) measurements. These measurements were gathered through field campaigns conducted in 15 countries spanning 47 years. In cont... Read More about Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content research.

Stage 1 Validation of Plant Area Index from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (2023)
Journal Article
Brown, L. A., Morris, H., Meier, C., Knohl, A., Lanconelli, C., Gobron, N., …Danson, F. M. (2023). Stage 1 Validation of Plant Area Index from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2023.3319528

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) aims to provide improved characterization of forest structure, and plant area index (PAI) is one of many variables provided in the official GEDI Level 2B (L2B) product suite. However, since release,... Read More about Stage 1 Validation of Plant Area Index from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation.

Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology : expanding the horizon (2020)
Journal Article
Calders, K., Adams, J., Armston, J., Bartholomeus, H., Bauwens, S., Patrick Bentley, L., …Verbeeck, H. (2020). Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology : expanding the horizon. Remote Sensing of Environment, 251, 112102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112102

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was introduced for basic forest measurements, such as tree height and diameter, in the early 2000s. Recent advances in sensor and algorithm development have allowed us to assess in situ 3D forest structure explicitly... Read More about Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology : expanding the horizon.

Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications (2019)
Journal Article
Yebra, M., Scortechini, G., Badi, A., Beget, M., Boer, M., Bradstock, R., …Ustin, S. (2019). Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications. Scientific Data, 6(155), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0164-9

Globe-LFMC is an extensive global database of live fuel moisture content (LFMC) measured from 1,383 sampling sites in 11 countries: Argentina, Australia, China, France, Italy, Senegal, Spain, South Africa, Tunisia, United Kingdom and the United State... Read More about Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications.

Multi-Scale detection, mapping, and modelling geomorphic change in gravel-bed rivers with UAV remote sensing (2019)
Thesis
Scott, R. Multi-Scale detection, mapping, and modelling geomorphic change in gravel-bed rivers with UAV remote sensing. (Thesis). University of Salford

Fluvial science is in particular need of surveying tools which can rapidly and accurately capture topographic data. The use of low-cost, consumer grade UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) systems and Structure from Motion (SfM) processing methods has seen... Read More about Multi-Scale detection, mapping, and modelling geomorphic change in gravel-bed rivers with UAV remote sensing.

Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology (2018)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Schofield, L., & Sasse, F. (2018). Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology. Interface Focus, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2017.0049

The Salford Advanced Laser Canopy Analyser (SALCA) is an experimental terrestrial laser scanner designed and built specifically to measure the structural and biophysical properties of forest canopies. SALCA is a pulsed dual-wavelength instrument with... Read More about Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology.

The terrestrial laser scanning revolution in forest ecology (2018)
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Danson, F., Disney, M., Gaulton, R., Schaaf, C., & Strahler, A. (2018). The terrestrial laser scanning revolution in forest ecology. Interface Focus, 8(2), 20180001. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2018.0001

New laser scanning technologies are set to revolutionize the way in which we measure and understand changes in ecosystem structure and function. Forest ecosystems present a particular challenge because of their scale, complexity and structural dynami... Read More about The terrestrial laser scanning revolution in forest ecology.

Non-intersecting leaf insertion algorithm for tree structure models (2018)
Journal Article
Akerblom, M., Raumonen, P., Casella, E., Disney, M., Danson, F., Gaulton, R., …Kaasalainen, M. (2018). Non-intersecting leaf insertion algorithm for tree structure models. Interface Focus, 8(2), 20170045. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2017.0045

We present an algorithm and an implementation to insert broadleaves or needleleaves to a quantitative structure model according to an arbitrary distribution, and a data structure to store the required information efficiently. A structure model contai... Read More about Non-intersecting leaf insertion algorithm for tree structure models.

Angular reflectance of leaves with a dual-wavelength terrestrial lidar and its implications for leaf-bark separation and leaf moisture estimation (2017)
Journal Article
Hancock, S., Gaulton, R., & Danson, F. (2017). Angular reflectance of leaves with a dual-wavelength terrestrial lidar and its implications for leaf-bark separation and leaf moisture estimation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2017.2652140

A new generation of multi-wavelength lidars offer the potential to measure the structure and biochemistry of vegetation simultaneously, using range resolved spectra indices to overcome the confounding effects in passive optical measurements. Howe... Read More about Angular reflectance of leaves with a dual-wavelength terrestrial lidar and its implications for leaf-bark separation and leaf moisture estimation.

Vegetation phenology and habitat discrimination : impacts for E.multilocularis transmission host modelling (2016)
Journal Article
Marston, C., Giraudoux, P., Armitage, R., Danson, F., Reynolds, S., Wang, Q., …Craig, P. (2016). Vegetation phenology and habitat discrimination : impacts for E.multilocularis transmission host modelling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 176, 320-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.015

Echinococcus multilocularis (Em), a parasitic tapeworm, is responsible for a significant burden of human disease across continental Asia. Here, we use a time-series of MODIS 16-day 250 m Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) satellite data to quantify the... Read More about Vegetation phenology and habitat discrimination : impacts for E.multilocularis transmission host modelling.

Radiometric calibration of a dual-wavelength terrestrial laser scanner using neural networks (2016)
Journal Article
Schofield, L., Danson, F., Entwistle, N., Gaulton, R., & Hancock, S. (2016). Radiometric calibration of a dual-wavelength terrestrial laser scanner using neural networks. Remote Sensing Letters, 7(4), 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2015.1134843

The Salford Advanced Laser Canopy Analyser (SALCA) is a unique dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) designed to measure forest canopies. This paper has two principle objectives, first to present the detailed analysis of the r... Read More about Radiometric calibration of a dual-wavelength terrestrial laser scanner using neural networks.

Terrestrial laser scanning for plot-scale forest measurement (2015)
Journal Article
Newnham, G., Armston, J., Calders, K., Disney, M., Lovell, J., Schaaf, C., …Danson, F. (2015). Terrestrial laser scanning for plot-scale forest measurement. Current Forestry Reports, 1(4), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-015-0025-5

Plot-scale measurements have been the foundation for forest surveys and reporting for over 200 years. Through recent integration with airborne and satellite remote sensing, manual measurements of vegetation structure at the plot scale are now the b... Read More about Terrestrial laser scanning for plot-scale forest measurement.

Waveform lidar over vegetation : An evaluation of inversion methods for estimating return energy (2015)
Journal Article
Hancock, S., Armston, J., Li, Z., Gaulton, R., Lewis, P., Disney, M., …Gaston, K. (2015). Waveform lidar over vegetation : An evaluation of inversion methods for estimating return energy. Remote Sensing of Environment, 164, 208-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.04.013

Full waveform lidar has a unique capability to characterise vegetation in more detail than any other practical method. The reflectance, calculated from the energy of lidar returns, is a key parameter for a wide range of applications and so it is vita... Read More about Waveform lidar over vegetation : An evaluation of inversion methods for estimating return energy.

A random forest approach for predicting the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis intermediate host Ochotona spp. presence in relation to landscape characteristics in western China (2014)
Journal Article
Marston, C., Danson, F., Armitage, R., Giradoux, P., Pleydell, D., Wang, Q., …Craig, P. (2014). A random forest approach for predicting the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis intermediate host Ochotona spp. presence in relation to landscape characteristics in western China. Applied Geography, 55, 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.09.001

Understanding distribution patterns of hosts implicated in the transmission of zoonotic disease remains a key goal of parasitology. Here, random forests are employed to model spatial patterns of the presence of the plateau pika (Ochotona spp.) smal... Read More about A random forest approach for predicting the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis intermediate host Ochotona spp. presence in relation to landscape characteristics in western China.

A combined model for improving estimation of atmospheric boundary layer height (2014)
Journal Article
Bachtiar, V., Davies, F., & Danson, F. (2014). A combined model for improving estimation of atmospheric boundary layer height. Atmospheric Environment, 98, 461-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.028

Atmospheric boundary layer height is one of the most important parameters in atmospheric dispersion modelling because it has a large effect on predicted air quality. Comparisons between Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling System, version 4 (ADMS 4) and... Read More about A combined model for improving estimation of atmospheric boundary layer height.

Developing a dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner to characterise forest canopy structure (2014)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Gaulton, R., Armitage, R., Mathias, D., Gunawan, O., Philip, L., …Ramirez, A. (2014). Developing a dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner to characterise forest canopy structure. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 198, 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.07.007

The development of a dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner to measure the three-dimensional structure of forest canopies is described, and field measurements used to evaluate and test the instrument measurement characteristics. The... Read More about Developing a dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner to characterise forest canopy structure.

Optical medium spatial resolution satellite constellation data for monitoring woodland in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Ogunbadewa, E., Armitage, R., & Danson, F. (2014). Optical medium spatial resolution satellite constellation data for monitoring woodland in the UK. Forests, 5(7), 1798-1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5071798

The aim of this study was to test the potential of a constellation of remote sensing satellites, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), for retrieving a temporal record of forest leaf area index (LAI) in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Ground-based... Read More about Optical medium spatial resolution satellite constellation data for monitoring woodland in the UK.

The potential of dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating vegetation moisture content (2013)
Journal Article
Gaulton, R., Danson, F., Ramirez Cardozo, F., & Gunawan, O. (2013). The potential of dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating vegetation moisture content. Remote Sensing of Environment, 132, 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.01.001

Vegetation moisture content is an important early indicator of forest drought stress, disease and fire risk. Existing remote sensing techniques to measure biochemical properties of vegetation, such as Equivalent Water Thickness (EWT), are limited by... Read More about The potential of dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating vegetation moisture content.

Testing the application of terrestrial laser scanning to measure forest canopy gap fraction (2013)
Journal Article
Ramirez Cardozo, F., Armitage, R., & Danson, F. (2013). Testing the application of terrestrial laser scanning to measure forest canopy gap fraction. Remote Sensing, 5(6), 3037-3056. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5063037

Terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) have the potential to revolutionise measurement of the three-dimensional structure of vegetation canopies for applications in ecology, hydrology and climate change. This potential has been the subject of recent resear... Read More about Testing the application of terrestrial laser scanning to measure forest canopy gap fraction.

Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery (2012)
Thesis
Janardhan, V. Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery. (Thesis). University of Salford

Vegetation canopies represent the interface between the atmosphere and the biosphere and play an important role in determining energy and mass exchange. Accurate characterisation of vegetation canopy characteristics is therefore important to under... Read More about Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery.

Mapping fuel moisture content in upland vegetation using airborne hyperspectral imagery (2012)
Journal Article
Al-Moustafa, T., Armitage, R., & Danson, F. (2012). Mapping fuel moisture content in upland vegetation using airborne hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 127, 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.034

This paper tests the application of airborne hyperspectral image data for estimating live vegetation fuel moisture content (FMC) in a Calluna vulgaris-dominated semi-natural upland area in the United Kingdom. Airborne hyperspectral imagery was collec... Read More about Mapping fuel moisture content in upland vegetation using airborne hyperspectral imagery.

Terrestrial laser scanning to estimate plot-level forest canopy fuel properties (2011)
Journal Article
Garcia, M., Danson, F., Riano, D., Chuvieco, E., Ramirez Cardozo, F., & Bandugula, V. (2011). Terrestrial laser scanning to estimate plot-level forest canopy fuel properties. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 13(4), 636-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2011.03.006

This paper evaluates the potential of a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) to characterize forest canopy fuel characteristics at plot level. Several canopy properties, namely canopy height, canopy cover, canopy base height and fuel strata gap were est... Read More about Terrestrial laser scanning to estimate plot-level forest canopy fuel properties.

Multispectral and LiDAR data fusion for fuel type mapping using Support Vector Machine and decision rules (2011)
Journal Article
Garcia-Alonso, M., Riano, D., Chuvieco, E., Salas, J., & Danson, F. (2011). Multispectral and LiDAR data fusion for fuel type mapping using Support Vector Machine and decision rules. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(6), 1369-1379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.017

This paper presents a method for mapping fuel types using previous termLiDARnext term and previous termmultispectralnext termprevious termdatanext term. A two-phase classification method is proposed to discriminate the fuel classes of the Prometheus... Read More about Multispectral and LiDAR data fusion for fuel type mapping using Support Vector Machine and decision rules.

Estimating biomass carbon stocks for a Mediterranean forest in central Spain using LiDAR height and intensity data (2010)
Journal Article
García, M., Riaño, D., Chuvieco, E., & Danson, F. (2010). Estimating biomass carbon stocks for a Mediterranean forest in central Spain using LiDAR height and intensity data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114(4), 816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.11.021

Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure (2009)
Book Chapter
Danson, F., Morsdorf, F., & Koetz, B. (2009). Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure. In G. Heritage, & A. Large (Eds.), Laser Scanning for the Environmental Sciences (201-219). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444311952.ch13

Terrestrial vegetation covers 60% of the Earth’s land surface, varying spatially and temporally in cover, composition and function with climatic gradients and disturbance patterns. The vegetation canopy is the interface between the land surface and t... Read More about Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for measuring vegetation canopy structure.

Spatial modelling of small mammal distributions in relation to parasite transmission in western China (2008)
Thesis
Marston, C. Spatial modelling of small mammal distributions in relation to parasite transmission in western China. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research investigates the spatial distributions of small mammal species which act as intermediate host vectors for the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, which causes a significant burden of human disease in western China. Small m... Read More about Spatial modelling of small mammal distributions in relation to parasite transmission in western China.

Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning (2007)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Hetherington, D., Morsdorf, F., & et, A. (2007). Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 4(1), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2006.887064

A terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) was used to measure canopy directional gap fraction distribution in forest stands in the Swiss National Park, eastern Switzerland. A scanner model was derived to determine the expected number of laser shots in al... Read More about Forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning.

Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (2006)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Sun, T., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Teng, J., Liu, X., …McManus, D. (2006). Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84(9), 714-721. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.05.025718

OBJECTIVE: To determine the true community prevalence of human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in a highly endemic region in Ningxia Hui, China, by detecting asymptomatic cases. METHODS: Using hospital records and “AE-r... Read More about Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Ecological epidemiology: the role of landscape structure in the transmission risk of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis (Leukart 1863) (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea : Taeniidae) (2005)
Journal Article
Graham, A., Danson, F., & Craig, P. (2005). Ecological epidemiology: the role of landscape structure in the transmission risk of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis (Leukart 1863) (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea : Taeniidae). Progress in Physical Geography, 29(1), 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1191/0309133305pp435ra

The larval form of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis causes a fatal liver infection in humans and has high prevalence in western China. The tapeworm lifecycle involves small mammal populations and canids, such as foxes and dogs. Human cont... Read More about Ecological epidemiology: the role of landscape structure in the transmission risk of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis (Leukart 1863) (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea : Taeniidae).

Sensitivity of spectral reflectance to variation in live fuel moisture content at leaf and canopy (2004)
Journal Article
Bowyer, P., & Danson, F. (2004). Sensitivity of spectral reflectance to variation in live fuel moisture content at leaf and canopy. Remote Sensing of Environment, 92(3), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2004.05.020

Wildland fires burn large areas of the earth's land surface annually, causing significant environmental damage and danger to human health. In order to mitigate the effects, and to better manage the incidence of such fires, fire behaviour models are u... Read More about Sensitivity of spectral reflectance to variation in live fuel moisture content at leaf and canopy.

Estimating live fuel moisture content from remotely sensed reflectance (2004)
Journal Article
Danson, F., & Bowyer, P. (2004). Estimating live fuel moisture content from remotely sensed reflectance. Remote Sensing of Environment, 92(3), 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2004.03.017

Fuel moisture content (FMC) is used in forest fire danger models to characterise the moisture status of the foliage. FMC expresses the amount of water in a leaf relative to the amount of dry matter and differs from measures of leaf water content whic... Read More about Estimating live fuel moisture content from remotely sensed reflectance.

Landscape dynamics and risk modeling of human alveolar echinococcosis (2004)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Craig, P., Man, W., Shi, D., & Giraudoux, P. (2004). Landscape dynamics and risk modeling of human alveolar echinococcosis. Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing, 70(3), 359-366. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182003003639

Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a rare but fatal liver disease caused by a parasitic tapeworm. Between 1994 and 1997 a medical survey in a rural area in central China revealed the highest incidence rate of the disease recorded in the world to d... Read More about Landscape dynamics and risk modeling of human alveolar echinococcosis.

Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to estimate crop leaf area index. (2003)
Journal Article
Danson, F., Rowland, C., & Baret, F. (2003). Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to estimate crop leaf area index. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(23), 4891-4905. https://doi.org/10.1080/0143116031000070319

This paper outlines the strategies available for estimating the biophysical properties of crop canopies from remotely sensed data. Spectral reflectance and biophysical data were obtained over 132 plots of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera) a... Read More about Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to estimate crop leaf area index..

Estimating the stem carbon production of a coniferous forest using an ecosystem simulation model driven by the remotely sensed red edge (2000)
Journal Article
Lucas, N., Curran, P., Plummer, S., Danson, F., & et, A. (2000). Estimating the stem carbon production of a coniferous forest using an ecosystem simulation model driven by the remotely sensed red edge. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21(4), 619-631. https://doi.org/10.1080/014311600210461

A general forest ecosystem model (FOREST-BGC) driven by remotely sensed and meteorological data was used to estimate stem carbon production (SCP) for a forest in mid-Wales. Key inputs to the model were spatial estimates of leaf area index (LAI) and l... Read More about Estimating the stem carbon production of a coniferous forest using an ecosystem simulation model driven by the remotely sensed red edge.

Diurnal water stress in sugar beet: Spectral reflectance measurements and modelling (2000)
Journal Article
Danson, F., & Aldakheel, Y. (2000). Diurnal water stress in sugar beet: Spectral reflectance measurements and modelling. Agronomy for sustainable development, 20(1), 31-39

Landscape composition and spatial prediction of alveolar echinococcosis in Southern Ningxia, China
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Pleydell, D., Yang, Y., Danson, F., Raoul, F., Craig, P., McManus, D., …Giraudoux, P. Landscape composition and spatial prediction of alveolar echinococcosis in Southern Ningxia, China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2(9),

Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) presents a serious public health challenge within China. Mass screening ultrasound surveys can detect pre-symptomatic AE, but targeting areas identified from hospital records is inefficient regarding AE. Predi... Read More about Landscape composition and spatial prediction of alveolar echinococcosis in Southern Ningxia, China.

Extraction of vegetation biophysical parameters by inversion of the PROSPECT + SAIL models on sugar beet canopy reflectance data. Application to TM and AVIRIS sensors
Journal Article
Jacquemoud, S., Baret, F., Andrieu, B., Danson, F., & et, A. Extraction of vegetation biophysical parameters by inversion of the PROSPECT + SAIL models on sugar beet canopy reflectance data. Application to TM and AVIRIS sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment, 52(3), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4257%2895%2900018-V

The PROSPECT leaf optical properties and SAIL canopy reflectance models were coupled and inverted using a set of 96 AVIRIS (Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer) equivalent spectra gathered in afield experiment on sugar beet plots expressin... Read More about Extraction of vegetation biophysical parameters by inversion of the PROSPECT + SAIL models on sugar beet canopy reflectance data. Application to TM and AVIRIS sensors.

High-spectral resolution data for determining leaf water content
Journal Article
Danson, F., Steven, M., Malthus, T., & et, A. High-spectral resolution data for determining leaf water content. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 13(3), 461-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431169208904049

Laboratory measurements of the spectral reflectance of leaves from a variety of species were made over the 400-2500 nm range using a spectroradiomctcr. The relation between spectral reflectance and leaf water content was investigated and the effect o... Read More about High-spectral resolution data for determining leaf water content.

Use of a radiative transfer model to simulate the postfire spectral response to burn severity
Journal Article
Chuvieco, E., Riano, D., Danson, F., & Martin, P. Use of a radiative transfer model to simulate the postfire spectral response to burn severity. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111(G4),

Burn severity is related to fire intensity and fire duration and provides a quantitative measure related to fire impact and biomass consumption. Traditional field-based methods to estimate burn severity are time consuming, labor intensive, and normal... Read More about Use of a radiative transfer model to simulate the postfire spectral response to burn severity.