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Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Photosynthesis1

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Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis

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Abstract

Most photosynthesis measurements involve remote determinations. In gas-exchange systems, including those based on chambers, atmospheric gradients, and eddy correlation, photosynthesis determinations are remote in the sense that the measurements are based on effects of leaves, plants, or canopies on the gaseous environment. In radiation-based remote sensing, the subject of this chapter, photosynthesis determinations are based on interactions between leaves, plants, or canopies and the radiation environment. The wavelength bands potentially useful for measurements related to photosynthesis range from the visible through the thermal and microwave regions. While remote sensing generally connotes large-scale satellite measurements, radiation-based remote sensing can be effectively utilized to address questions in photosynthesis research ranging in spatial scale from the chloroplast to the globe.

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Field, C.B., Gamon, J.A., Peñuelas, J. (1995). Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Photosynthesis1 . In: Schulze, ED., Caldwell, M.M. (eds) Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis. Springer Study Edition, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79354-7_24

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