Plant Canopy Polarimetric Imaging System

Sparse vs dense canopy at a glance

Distinguishes vegetation density via red-band degree of polarization, robust against leaf roughness, outperforming intensity-only imaging.

Qingyi, He · Zhan, Juntong · Xuanwei, Liu · Chao, Dong · Dapeng, Tian · Fu, Qiang

Optics and Lasers in Engineering 2025

Specifications

Red-band DoP dense

{'zh': '', 'en': '43,'} sparse

pBRDF inversion RMSE

{'zh': '2.3', 'en': '2.3'} %

Advantages

Red-band DoP exceeds blue and green bands