Abstract In order to extract the leaf area index (LAI) information from the canopy reflectance spectra of rice,
the authors tentatively simulated the canopy reflectance based on the radiative transfer model PROSPECT+SAIL and
compared several vegetation indices to define the correlation between the chlorophyll content and LAI. The
observation of the spectral signature near the red edge showed distinguished behavior for chlorophyll content and
LAI. Therefore, the principal component analysis was used as a supplementary method when vegetation indices could
not reach good results in getting LAI information. An analysis of the ground measurement of rice spectra and LAI
also substantiates this method.
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