Fluorescence explorer (FLEX): An optimised payload to map vegetation photosynthesis from space

Jose F. Moreno, Gregory P. Asner, Heike Bach, Tomas Belenguer, Andrew Bell, Claus Buschmann, Alfonso Calera, Javier Calpe, Petya Campbell, Giovanna Cecchi, Roberto Colombo, Lawrence A. Corp, Andrew Court, Mike A. Cutter, Mathias Disney, Alexander Dudelzak, Guido D'Urso, Richard Fernandes, Jaume Flexas, Peter GegeBirgit Gielen, Anatoly Gitelson, Emanuel U. Gloor, Jim Gower, Robert O. Green, Joachim Hill, Stephane Jacquemoud, Li Jia, Mathias Kneubühler, Tuomas Laurila, Philip Lewis, Dan Lobb, Federico Magnani, Stefan W. Maier, Michal V. Marek, Alfonso Martinez, Pablo Martinez-Cobo, Piero Mazzinghi, Massimo Menenti, Ray Merton, Elizabeth Middleton, Eduardo De Miguel, John Miller, Gina Mohammed, Edward J. Milton, Fermin Morales, Ismael Moya, Ladislav Nedbal, Wolfgang Knorr, Catherine Ottlé, Albert Olioso, Stefania Pace, Antonio Palucci, Roberto Pedros, Jouni Peltoniemi, Josep Peñuelas, Antonio Plaza, Jan Polcher, Uwe Rascher, Rainer Reuter, Andries Rosema, Jean Louis Roujean, Yasunori Saito, Bernard Saugier, Michael Schaepman, Jesus B. Serrano, Jeff J. Settle, Mercedes Sierra, Jose Sobrino, Marc Philippe Stoll, Z. Bob Su, Carsten Tobehn, Nicolas Tremblay, Roland Valcke, Wout Verhoef, Frank Veroustraete, Michel Verstraete, Pablo Zarco-Tejada

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Abstract

The FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX) mission proposes to launch a satellite for the global monitoring of steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence in terrestrial vegetation. Fluorescence is a sensitive probe of photosynthetic function in both healthy and physiologically perturbed vegetation, and a powerful non-invasive tool to track the status, resilience, and recovery of photochemical processes and moreover provides important information on overall photosynthetic performance with implications for related carbon sequestration. The early responsiveness of fluorescence to atmospheric, soil and plant water balance, as well as to atmospheric chemistry and human intervention in land usage makes it an obvious biological indicator in improving our understanding of Earth system dynamics. The amenability of fluorescence to remote, even space-basedobservation qualifies it to join the emerging suite of space-based technologies for Earth observation. FLEX would encompass a three-instrument array for measurement of the interrelated features of fluorescence, hyperspectral reflectance, and canopy temperature. FLEX would involve a space and ground-truthing program of 3-years duration and would provide data formats for research and applied science.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAIAA 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Pages2065-2074
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781605600390
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventAIAA 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: Oct 2 2006Oct 6 2006

Publication series

NameAIAA 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006
Volume3

Conference

ConferenceAIAA 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period10/2/0610/6/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Aerospace Engineering

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