WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements
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 allo...
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| author | Karolina Sakowska Damiano Gianelle Alessandro Zaldei Alasdair MacArthur Federico Carotenuto Franco Miglietta Roberto Zampedri Mauro Cavagna Loris Vescovo |
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| description | 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 ES0903 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 WhiteRef and describes its main advantages and disadvantages. The WhiteRef 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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| spelling | doaj.art-1b9166cb848345ecaf232e4eb510c6df2022-12-22T04:22:27ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202015-01-011511088110510.3390/s150101088s150101088WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance MeasurementsKarolina Sakowska0Damiano Gianelle1Alessandro Zaldei2Alasdair MacArthur3Federico Carotenuto4Franco Miglietta5Roberto Zampedri6Mauro Cavagna7Loris Vescovo8Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Research and Innovation Centre—Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalySustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Research and Innovation Centre—Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalyInstitute of Biometeorology, CNR, 50145 Firenze, ItalyNERC Field Spectroscopy Facility, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JW Edinburgh, UKFoxlab Joint CNR-FEM Initiative, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalyFoxlab Joint CNR-FEM Initiative, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalySustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Research and Innovation Centre—Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalySustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Research and Innovation Centre—Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalySustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources Department, Research and Innovation Centre—Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), ItalyProximal 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 ES0903 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 WhiteRef and describes its main advantages and disadvantages. The WhiteRef 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.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/1/1088hyperspectral systemproximal sensingbiophysical parameterscarbon fluxesvalidation |
| spellingShingle | Karolina Sakowska Damiano Gianelle Alessandro Zaldei Alasdair MacArthur Federico Carotenuto Franco Miglietta Roberto Zampedri Mauro Cavagna Loris Vescovo WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements Sensors hyperspectral system proximal sensing biophysical parameters carbon fluxes validation |
| title | WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements |
| title_full | WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements |
| title_fullStr | WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements |
| title_short | WhiteRef: A New Tower-Based Hyperspectral System for Continuous Reflectance Measurements |
| title_sort | whiteref a new tower based hyperspectral system for continuous reflectance measurements |
| topic | hyperspectral system proximal sensing biophysical parameters carbon fluxes validation |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/1/1088 |
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