Agriculture provides for the most basic needs of humankind: food and fiber. The introduction
of new farming techniques in the past century (eg, during the Green Revolution) has helped …

Remote detection and monitoring of the vegetation responses to stress became relevant for
sustainable agriculture. Ongoing developments in optical remote sensing technologies have …

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 …

The global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. There is an exponential
growth of food production to meet the needs of the growing population. However, the limited …

Satellite based remote sensing offers one of the few approaches able to monitor the spatial
and temporal development of regional to continental scale droughts. A unique element of …

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 …

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

Plants contain abundant autofluorescent molecules that can be used for biochemical,
physiological, or imaging studies. The two most studied molecules are chlorophyll …

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 …

Coastal salt marshes suffering from anthropogenic coastal development and sea level rise
have attracted much attention because of their capacity for carbon sequestration and global …