Journal
SENSORS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 1088-1105Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s150101088
Keywords
hyperspectral system; proximal sensing; biophysical parameters; carbon fluxes; validation
Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council [fsf010001, nceo020002] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [fsf010001, nceo020002] Funding Source: UKRI
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Proximal sensing is fundamental to monitor the spatial and seasonal dynamics of ecosystems and can be considered as a crucial validation tool to upscale in situ observations to the satellite level. Linking hyperspectral remote sensing with carbon fluxes and biophysical parameters is critical to allow the exploitation of spatial and temporal extensive information for validating model simulations at different scales. In this study, we present the WhiteRef, a new hyperspectral system designed as a direct result of the needs identified during the EUROSPEC E50903 Cost Action, and developed by Fondazione Edmund Mach and the Institute of Biometeorology, CNR, Italy. The system is based on the ASD FieldSpec Pro spectroradiometer and was designed to acquire continuous radiometric measurements at the Eddy Covariance (EC) towers and to fill a gap in the scientific community: in fact, no system for continuous spectral measurements in the Short Wave Infrared was tested before at the EC sites. The paper illustrates the functioning of the White Ref and describes its main advantages and disadvantages. The White Ref system, being based on a robust and high quality commercially available instrument, has a clear potential for unattended continuous measurements aiming at the validation of satellites' vegetation products.
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