Drone Measurements of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Acquired with a Low-Weight DFOV Spectrometer System

Atherton, J.; MacArthur, A.; Hakala, T.; Maseyk, K.; Robinson, I.; Liu, W.; Honkavaara, E. and Porcar-Castell, A. (2018). Drone Measurements of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Acquired with a Low-Weight DFOV Spectrometer System. In: IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 8834–8836.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517474

Abstract

Solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) emitted from plant canopies is now retrievable from space. In addition, SIF is now also routinely measured from fixed tower platforms. However there is a scale gap between temporally continuous tower measurements and spatially coarse satellite retrievals that is now being bridged by drone technology. Drone retrievals of SIF can be used to help unravel the structural and species component dependencies that occur across space on the scale of meters in heterogeneous vegetation types. Also when flown at sufficient altitude, drones can be used to simulate, and potentially validate satellite retrievals of SIF. We flew a dual field of view spectrometer system, the Piccolo doppio, above a boreal forest with the aim of retrieving SIF. Our flights were designed to assess both spatial heterogeneity of SIF driven by changes in vegetation cover type and to simulate satellite pixels by flying at a relatively high altitude.

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