Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key variable to determine soil functioning, ecosystem
services, and global carbon cycles. Spectroscopy, particularly optical hyperspectral …

Nitrogen (N) is considered as one of the most important plant macronutrients and proper
management of N therefore is a pre-requisite for modern agriculture. Continuous satellite …

When dealing with multiple growth stages, estimates of above-ground biomass (AGB) based
on optical vegetation indices (VIs) are difficult for two reasons:(i) optical VIs saturate at …

There is an unprecedented array of new satellite technologies with capabilities for
advancing our understanding of ecological processes and the changing composition of the …

Abstract Models of radiative transfer (RT) are important tools for remote sensing of
vegetation, allowing for forward simulations of remotely sensed data as well as inverse …

Plant disease detection represents a tremendous challenge for research and practical
applications. Visual assessment by human raters is time-consuming, expensive, and error …

Plant pathogens cause significant losses to agricultural yields and increasingly threaten
food security, ecosystem integrity and societies in general,,–. Xylella fastidiosa is one of the …

This paper provides an overview of the recent developments in remote sensing technology
and machine learning algorithms for estimating important biophysical and biochemical …