Drought onset mechanisms revealed by satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Insights from two contrasting extreme events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2427-2440

  Sun, Ying ^a   Fu, Rong ^a   Dickinson, Robert ^a   Joiner, Joanna ^b   Frankenberg, Christian ^c   Gu, Lianhong ^d   Xia, Youlong ^e   Fernando, Nelun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^f Texas Water Development Board   (United States)

Author keywords

drought monitoring; fluorescence yield; photosynthesis; soil moisture; solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF)

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLUORESCENCE; GOME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RHIZOSPHERE; SATELLITE; SOIL MOISTURE;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958729356     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003150     Document Type: Article

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