Dr. Juliane Bendig – Developing solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence sensing techniques in preparation of the FLuorescence EXplorer satellite mission
May 21 @ 11:00
This semester, we are excited to announce that the seminar series will be hosted by our collaborative partner ECMWF at their buildings in Bonn and it will be streamed online (via zoom).CESOC continues the seminar series “My Research” this Summer term 2024 with
Dr. Juliane Bendig
from the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG), Plant Sciences (IBG-2) at the Research Centre Jülich, talking on their work
“Developing solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence sensing techniques in preparation of the FLuorescence EXplorer satellite mission”
when: on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 11:00 am (CEST)
It is open to any interested person within the CESOC research disciplines (any Earth system sciences, mathematics or computer science).
Please contact info[@]cesoc.net, if you would like to participate.
Full Schedule could be found here!
Abstract:
For decades, remote sensing techniques have been employed to monitor plants’ status using the visible and near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum (400-900 nm). They even allow us to gain quantitative information about plants such as the chlorophyll content of leaves. But to truly understand plant productivity, scientists want to measure photosynthesis. During the last decade, measuring chlorophyll fluorescence, an established approach in photosynthesis research, has been transferred to remote sensing of terrestrial vegetation through technical advancements.
The European Space Agency even dedicated one of its Earth Explorer satellites to chlorophyll fluorescence – the FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX), which will carry a very high spectral resolution imaging spectrometer. This talk presents the work of the German FLEX project office in preparation of the mission and gives an insight into technical advancements for measuring chlorophyll fluorescence closer to the ground – from unmanned aerial vehicles.