Quantifying global terrestrial photosynthesis is essential to understanding the global carbon
cycle and the climate system. Remote sensing has played a pivotal role in advancing our …

Plant trait data have been used in various studies related to ecosystem functioning,
community ecology, and assessment of ecosystem services. Evidences are that plant …

Large‐scale monitoring of crop growth and yield has important value for forecasting food
production and prices and ensuring regional food security. A newly emerging satellite …

The recent advent of very high spectral resolution measurements by the Fourier Transform
Spectrometer (FTS) on board the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) platform …

Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), an electromagnetic signal that can potentially
indicate vegetation photosynthetic activity, can be retrieved from ground-based, airborne …

Accurate estimation of gross primary production (GPP) is of great importance to global
change research and also food and fuel security. Previous studies have demonstrated that …

Researchers from a number of disciplines have long sought the ability to estimate the
functional attributes of plant canopies, such as photosynthetic capacity, using remotely …

The photochemical reflectance index (PRI) reflects diurnal xanthophyll cycle activity and is
also influenced by seasonally changing carotenoid: Chl pigment ratios. Both changing …

Satellite remote sensing provides unmatched spatiotemporal information on vegetation
gross primary productivity (GPP). Yet understanding of the relationship between GPP and …

Abstract We present the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX), its calibration and subsequent
radiometric measurements as well as Earth science applications derived from this data …