Reabsorption of laser-induced fluorescence in a plant canopy: Stochastic model

Abstract

This paper continues the series of publications on the statistical simulation of transspectral processes. A system of interrelated radiative transfer equations is proposed. This system gives a formal basis for a numerical analysis of a wider range of spectroscopic effects that accompanies the propagation of laser radiation in the environment, such as the reabsorption of fluorescence in dense disperse media containing two and more fluorophores. As applied to the problem of lidar monitoring of the state of a plant canopy, an optical model is developed in which a leaf is not treated as an individual scattering element, but rather as a local volume of a multiphase medium with a complex polydisperse structure. The Monte Carlo algorithms have been modified so that they have achieved the simulation of fluorescence and reabsorption processes. Test calculations have demonstrated the adequacy of the proposed approach.