This paper summarized green quantity measurement methods , including the determination of leaf area green quantity and three-dimensional green quantity measurement on the base of aerospace re-mote sensing estimation, also analyzed the research advances on green quantity of leaf area and three-di-mensional green quantity at home and abroad .Pointed out issues of misunderstanding on the concept of green quantity, also proposed that monitoring the change trend of green quantity should be strengthened and the application of remote sensing technology on green quantity would be a trend in the future .