Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Harold A. Mooney, Richard J. Hobbs

   Pages 1-4

3. Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystem Structure: An Ecologist’s Pragmatic View

   • R. Dean Graetz

   Pages 5-30

4. Measurements of Surface Soil Moisture and Temperature

   • Thomas Schmugge

   Pages 31-63

5. Estimating Terrestrial Primary Productivity by Combining Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Simulation

   • Steven W. Running

   Pages 65-86

6. Remote Sensing of Litter and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition in Forest Ecosystems

   • John D. Aber, Carol A. Wessman, David L. Peterson, Jerry M. Melillo, James H. Fownes

   Pages 87-103

7. Water and Energy Exchange

   • Robert E. Dickinson

   Pages 105-133

8. Evaluation of Canopy Biochemistry

   • Carol A. Wessman

   Pages 135-156

9. Remote Sensing and Trace Gas Fluxes

   • Pamela A. Matson, Peter M. Vitousek

   Pages 157-167

10. Satellite Remote Sensing and Field Experiments

    • Piers J. Sellers, F. G. Hall, D. E. Strebel, G. Asrar, R. E. Murphy

    Pages 169-201

11. Remote Sensing of Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Vegetation

    • Richard J. Hobbs

    Pages 203-219

12. Remote Sensing of Landscape Processes

    • Geoff Pickup

    Pages 221-247

13. Synoptic-Scale Hydrological and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Amazon River Basin: A Modeling and Remote Sensing Perspective

    • Jeffrey E. Richey, John B. Adams, Reynaldo L. Victoria

    Pages 249-268

14. Remote Sensing of Marine Photosynthesis

    • John S. Parslow, Graham P. Harris

    Pages 269-290

15. Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data

    • Jeremy F. Wallace, Norm Campbell

    Pages 291-304

16. Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning: Concluding Remarks

    • Richard J. Hobbs, Harold A. Mooney

    Pages 305-306

17. Back Matter

    Pages 307-312

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Harold A. Mooney and Richard J. Hobbs At present there is enormous concern about the changes that are occurring on the surface of the earth and in the earth's atmosphere, primarily as a result of human activities. These changes, particularly in the atmosphere, have the potential for altering the earth's habitability. International pro­ grams unprecedented in scope, including the International Geosphere­ Biosphere Program, have been initiated to describe and understand these changes. The global change program will call for coordinated measure­ ments on a global scale of those interactive physical and biological pro­ cesses that regulate the earth system. The program will rely heavily on the emerging technology of remote sensing from airborne vehicles, particularly satellites. Satellites offer the potential of continuously viewing large seg­ ments of the earth's surface, thus documenting the changes that are occur­ ring. The task, however, is not only to document global change, which will be an enormous job, but also to understand the significance of these changes to the biosphere. Effects on the biosphere may cover all spatial scales from global to local. The possibility of measuring biosphere function remot~ly and continuously from satellite imagery must be explored quickly and thoroughly in order to meet the challenge of understanding the con­ sequences of global change. Initial guidelines and approaches are currently being formulated (Dyer and Crossley, 1986; JOI, 1984; NAS, 1986; Rasool, 1987). There are many conceptual and technical issues that must be resolved H. A. Mooney and R. J.

• Geoinformationssysteme
• biochemistry
• biogeochemical cycles
• biosphere
• chemistry
• decomposition
• ecosystem
• forest
• remote sensing
• satellite
• simulation
• temperature
• temporal dynamics
• terrestrial ecosystem
• vegetation

• Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Midland, Australia

  R. J. Hobbs

• Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

  Harold A. Mooney

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