Application of pulsed-excitation flourescence imager for daylight detection of sparse life in tests in the Atacama Desert

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Weinstein, S ^a   Pane, D ^a   Ernst, L A ^a   Warren Rhodes, K ^b,c   Dohm, J M ^d   Hock, A N ^e   Piatek, J L ^f   Emani, F ^a   Lanni, F ^a   Wagner, M ^g   Fisher, G W ^a   Minkley, E ^a   Dansey, L E ^a   Smith, T ^g   Grin, E A ^b   Stubbs, K ^g   Thomas, G ^h   Cockell, C S ⁱ   Marinangeli, L ^j   Ori, G G ^j   Heys, S ^g   Teza, J P ^g   Moersch, J E ^f   Coppin, P ^a   Diaz, G Chong ^k   Wettergreen, D S ^g   Cabrol, N A ^b,c   Waggoner, A S ^a   more..

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j International Research School of Planetary Sciences   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOLOGY; DESERT; DETECTION METHOD; FIELD SURVEY; FLUORESCENCE;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50549091126     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000319     Document Type: Article

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