Research on PAR and FPAR of crop canopies based on RGM

PAR and FPAR are two important variables in agricultural field. Some researches show that many factors, such as LAI (leaf area index), LAD (leaf ange distribution) and the heterogeneity of vegetation will affect the distribution of PAR and FPAR. In order to understanding the exchange process of material and energy, Radiosity-Graphics combined Model (RGM) (Qin et al., 2000) is used to simulate the distribution of PAR and FPAR in canopy and some effect factors, such as the structure of canopy and sun zenith angle, can be analyze carefully. PAR and FPAR of a typical winter wheat canopy is simulated and the results are validated with the measured data. They agreed well. Next work is to simulate and analyze several factors of the distribution of PAR and FPAR, including sun incident angle, LAD, LAI, special for the heterogeneous canopies such as that crop with width and narrow ridges which can direct cropping patterns and remote sensing inversion.