Research on downscaling method of the enhanced TROPOMI solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data

Abstract

Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is the release of plant energy during photosynthesis, which is significantly superior to the vegetation index in the characterization of vegetation growth. However, the existing satellite retrieved SIF data have the problems of low spatial resolution and spatial discontinuity. To solve these problems, this paper proposes multiple parameters downscaling method that considers the structural and physiological characteristics of SIF. Multiple linear regression (MLR), random forest (RF), and convolutional neural network (CNN) models were used to construct a downscaling model for the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) Enhanced SIF (eSIF) data. The theory of spatial scale invariance was applied to invert the 500 m spatial resolution SIF data products for Henan Province from 2012 to 2021 using Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. The evaluation metrics for assessing downscaling accuracy include the determination coefficient (R²), mean absolute error (MAE), and root mean squared error (RMSE). The experimental results demonstrate that the RF model outperforms others, achieving R², MAE, and RMSE values of 0.935, 0.041 mW/m²/nm²/sr, and 0.061 mW/m²/nm²/sr, respectively. These results successfully meet the downscaling requirements. The downscaling data products have better fitting effect with eSIF and new Global 'OCO-2′ SIF (GOSIF) data both in time and space. The correlation between downscaling SIF data and winter wheat yield is significantly better than that of GOSIF data products and shows strong correlation with Gross Primary Productivity (GPP). By considering the structural and physiological characteristics of SIF, the RF algorithm can effectively retrieve reliable 500 m spatial resolution SIF data, this provides methodological support for the application of SIF data at higher spatial scales.

Keywords:

• Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
• multiple parameters
• downscaling
• random forest

Data availability statement

The code used in this study is available by contacting the corresponding author.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This research was funded by the National Key Research and Development Plan, grant number 2016YFC0803103.