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Research article
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15 Sep 2020
Research article |
| 15 Sep 2020
| 15 Sep 2020
Decomposing reflectance spectra to track gross primary production in a subalpine evergreen forest
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Troy S. Magney
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Debsunder Dutta
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
David R. Bowling
School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Barry A. Logan
Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA
Sean P. Burns
Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Peter D. Blanken
Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Katja Grossmann
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sophia Lopez
Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA
Andrew D. Richardson
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, and School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Jochen Stutz
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Christian Frankenberg
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Short summary
We measured reflected sunlight from an evergreen canopy for a year to detect changes in pigments that play an important role in regulating the seasonality of photosynthesis. Results show a strong mechanistic link between spectral reflectance features and pigment content, which is validated using a biophysical model. Our results show spectrally where, why, and when spectral features change over the course of the season and show promise for estimating photosynthesis remotely.
We measured reflected sunlight from an evergreen canopy for a year to detect changes in pigments...
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