Publications

Liu, XJ; Liu, LY; Bacour, C; Guanter, L; Chen, JD; Ma, Y; Chen, RA; Du, SS (2023). A simple approach to enhance the TROPOMI solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence product by combining with canopy reflected radiation at near-infrared band. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 284, 113341.

Abstract
Satellite-based data of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and the near-infrared radiation reflected by vegetation (NIRvP) are being increasingly used for the estimation of vegetation gross primary product (GPP) at the global scale. Although SIF contains more physiological information than NIRvP, NIRvP can have higher data quality and spatio-temporal resolution. Therefore, the two variables can be considered complementary for GPP monitoring. Here, we propose a simple framework to combine SIF and NIRvP data from different data sources to generate an enhanced SIF product (eSIF). The original SIF data comes from the TROPOMI instrument onboard the Sentinel-5P mission, whereas NIRvP data are derived from MODIS spectral reflectance and ERA5 reanalysis data. The resulting eSIF product has a spatial resolution of 0.05 degrees and a temporal resolution of 8 days, as well as a higher signal-to-noise ratio and a lower angular dependency than the original TROPOMI SIF data. Our results demonstrate that eSIF has similar spatial patterns to the original SIF but is more spatially continuous and less noisy. Comparisons with the FLUXCOM global GPP product show that eSIF has a more universal relationship with GPP than NIRvP for different grass/crop plant functional types (the coefficients of variation are 18.9% for slopes of GPP to eSIF and 27.3% for slopes of GPP to NIRvP), but NIRvP outperforms eSIF for tracking GPP for forest PFTs exclude BoENF. Moreover, eSIF is able to better track the seasonal variations in GPP related to environmental stresses. This study highlights that our methodology based on the combination of SIF and NIRvP is a promising approach for better monitoring of GPP.

DOI:
10.1016/j.rse.2022.113341

ISSN:
1879-0704