One of the primary variables affecting ignition and spread of wildfire is fuel moisture content
(FMC). Live FMC (LFMC) is responsive to long term climate and plant adaptations to …

Leaf mass per area (LMA) and leaf equivalent water thickness (EWT) are key leaf functional
traits providing information for many applications including ecosystem functioning modeling …

Quantitative remote sensing of leaf traits offers an opportunity to track biodiversity changes
from space. Augmenting field measurement of leaf traits with remote sensing provides a …

Vegetation biochemical and biophysical parameters related to water are pivotal to
understanding the water cycle and its interactions with carbon and energy balance. This …

This paper presents a novel method to derive grassland aboveground biomass (AGB) based
on the PROSAILH (PROSPECT+ SAILH) radiative transfer model (RTM). Two variables, leaf …

Assessments of ecosystem functioning rely heavily on quantification of vegetation
properties. The search is on for methods that produce reliable and accurate baseline …

Because wheat varieties exhibit a high genotype× environment interaction, several drought
tolerance indices (DTIs) have been developed to assist breeders in selecting genotypes with …

When crops senescence, leaves remain until they fall off or are harvested. Hence, leaf area
index (LAI) stays high even when chlorophyll content degrades to zero. Current LAI …

Non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV) biomass has been identified as a priority variable for
upcoming spaceborne imaging spectroscopy missions, calling for a quantitative estimation …

Plant diseases are one of the main reasons behind major economic and production losses
in the agricultural field. Current research activities enable large fields monitoring and plant …