---
title: "PROSPECT: A model of leaf optical properties spectra"
authors: ["S. Jacquemoud", "F. Baret"]
year: 1990
venue: "Remote Sensing of Environment"
arxiv: null
doi: "10.1016/0034-4257(90)90100-z"
source: "https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4257(90)90100-z"
topics: [translucent-materials]
seed_rank: 1324
seed_batch: "sss-translucent-2026-08-25"
reviewed: "2026-08-25"
pool: "graphics"
relevance_score: 8
lineage: translucent-materials
cites:
  - title: "Ein Beitrag zur Optik der Farbanstriche"
    url: "https://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/pubs/kubelka.pdf"
    year: 1931
    arxiv: null
    doi: null
see:
  - "1260-ein-beitrag-zur-optik-der-farbanstriche"
---

# PROSPECT: A model of leaf optical properties spectra

## One-sentence takeaway

Jacquemoud/Baret 1990: the remote-sensing leaf optics model graphics cites for plant appearance.

## Problem

Predecessor chain Kubelka-Munk; plate models. This paper's job: Jacquemoud/Baret 1990: the remote-sensing leaf optics model graphics cites for plant appearance.

## Design

Jacquemoud/Baret 1990: the remote-sensing leaf optics model graphics cites for plant appearance. Lineage: Kubelka-Munk; plate models.

## Evidence

Remote Sensing of Environment 1990. DOI `10.1016/0034-4257(90)90100-z`. Jacquemoud/Baret 1990: the remote-sensing leaf optics model graphics cites for plant appearance.

## Limitations

Read the cited predecessors before treating this as a drop-in Anoptic shader. Do not claim the library already implements it.

## Implications for Broadside

Leaves and plant tissue are thin translucent slabs — the same missing SSS/BTDF stack as skin. Anoptic's mesh renderer has no foliage translucency yet. Do not claim they already have SSS.

## Bottom line

Mint this 1990 Remote Sensing of Environment paper. Jacquemoud/Baret 1990: the remote-sensing leaf optics model graphics cites for plant appearance.

## Links

- DOI: [10.1016/0034-4257(90)90100-z](https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4257(90)90100-z)