Vegetation indices (VIs), which describe remotely sensed vegetation properties such as
photosynthetic activity and canopy structure, are widely used to study vegetation dynamics …

Plant phenomics (PP) has been recognized as a bottleneck in studying the interactions of
genomics and environment on plants, limiting the progress of smart breeding and precise …

The critical temperature beyond which photosynthetic machinery in tropical trees begins to
fail averages approximately 46.7° C (T crit). However, it remains unclear whether leaf …

Extreme heat exposure at the regional scale is warranted for special attention due to the
changing global climate yet notable regional disparities in the effect of warming. NASA's …

Emerging new-generation geostationary satellites have broadened the scope for studying
the diurnal cycle of ecosystem functions. We exploit observations from the Geostationary …

Excessive heat in urban areas affects the overall livability of cities and harms the health of
urban dwellers. Understanding the spatiotemporal variations of land surface temperature …

Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) observed by satellites has advanced the
monitoring of terrestrial photosynthesis regionally and globally. The relationship between …

Monitoring and estimating drought impact on plant physiological processes over large
regions remains a major challenge for remote sensing and land surface modeling, with …

Surface temperatures are mechanistically linked to vegetation biophysical and physiological
processes. Although remote sensing in the thermal infrared (TIR) domain can offer novel …

Monitoring plants' responses to water deficit using remote sensing still faces large
uncertainty, mostly due to the inaccurate characterization of plants' physiological responses …