The FLEX-Fluorescence Explorer mission project: Motivations and present status of preparatory activities

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 585-587

  Stoll, Marc Ph ^a   Buschmann, Claus ^b   Court, Andrew ^c   Laurila, Tuomas ^d   Moreno, Jose ^e   Moya, Ismael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Fraunhofer lines; Light use efficiency; Remote sensing; Vegetation fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; VEGETATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT;

VEGETATION FLUORESCENCE;

REMOTE SENSING; EARTH (PLANET);

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EXPLORER MISSIONS; FRAUNHOFER LINES; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

EID: 0242543086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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