Optical vegetation indices for monitoring terrestrial ecosystems globally

Y Zeng, D Hao, A Huete, B Dechant, J Berry… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Vegetation indices (VIs), which describe remotely sensed vegetation properties such as
photosynthetic activity and canopy structure, are widely used to study vegetation dynamics …

NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

A unified vegetation index for quantifying the terrestrial biosphere

G Camps-Valls, M Campos-Taberner… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Empirical vegetation indices derived from spectral reflectance data are widely used in
remote sensing of the biosphere, as they represent robust proxies for canopy structure, leaf …

[HTML][HTML] A standardized catalogue of spectral indices to advance the use of remote sensing in Earth system research

D Montero, C Aybar, MD Mahecha, F Martinuzzi… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Spectral Indices derived from multispectral remote sensing products are extensively used to
monitor Earth system dynamics (eg vegetation dynamics, water bodies, fire regimes). The …

Chlorophyll a fluorescence illuminates a path connecting plant molecular biology to Earth-system science

A Porcar-Castell, Z Malenovský, T Magney… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
For decades, the dynamic nature of chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChlaF) has provided insight
into the biophysics and ecophysiology of the light reactions of photosynthesis from the …

What is global photosynthesis? History, uncertainties and opportunities

Y Ryu, JA Berry, DD Baldocchi - Remote sensing of environment, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Canopy structure explains the relationship between photosynthesis and sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in crops

B Dechant, Y Ryu, G Badgley, Y Zeng, JA Berry… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Remote sensing of far-red sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has emerged as an
important tool for studying gross primary productivity (GPP) at the global scale. However, the …

PROSPECT-D: Towards modeling leaf optical properties through a complete lifecycle

JB Féret, AA Gitelson, SD Noble… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Leaf pigments provide valuable information about plant physiology. High resolution
monitoring of their dynamics will give access to better understanding of processes occurring …

Status of phenological research using Sentinel-2 data: A review

G Misra, F Cawkwell, A Wingler - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing of plant phenology as an indicator of climate change and for mapping land
cover has received significant scientific interest in the past two decades. The advancing of …

Mechanistic evidence for tracking the seasonality of photosynthesis with solar-induced fluorescence

TS Magney, DR Bowling, BA Logan… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Northern hemisphere evergreen forests assimilate a significant fraction of global
atmospheric CO2 but monitoring large-scale changes in gross primary production (GPP) in …