Introduction to prospect

Jean-Baptiste Féret, Florian de Boissieu

2020-09-23

2 prospect: forward and inverse mode

In the forward mode, PROSPECT simulates leaf optical propertes based on a set of input parameters corresponding to the biochemical constituents and the N structure parameter.

The performances of PROSPECT for the simulation of the leaf optical properties are based on the proper calibration of the optical constants, more particularly the specific absorption coefficients corresponding to each biochemical constituent.

In the inverse mode, an algorithm is used to derive the input parameters from the leaf optical properties.

See the following pages of the tutorial for an illustration of how to use prospect in forward and inverse mode.

 

 

Fig. 2. Forward and inverse modes of PROSPECT

 

3 prospect: Miscellaneous

The package currently only includes a version of the model covering teh domain from 400 nm to 2500 nm. However, several valuable alternative versions exist, but are not available in the current version of the package:

These models may be added in a future version of the package.