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The past few years have seen an increasing pressure brought to bear on biologists to apply their research efforts to larger spatial scales. The motivation for this pressure has scientific as well as sociopolitical roots. First, from the science viewpoint, it has become apparent that satellite-based and atmospheric observing techniques can allow researchers a different view of biospheric functioning by spatially integrating the effects of biospheric states and fluxes, respectively, at moderate cost; see, for example, the studies of Tucker et al. (1986), Goward et al. (1985), Justice et al. (1985), Fung et al. (1987), Goward and Dye (1987), and Houghton (1987). The new opportunities opened up by the use of these techniques compel the whole biological community to use a new means of studying life on the earth. Second, from the sociopolitical viewpoint, there is a growing perception in public and government circles that the global environment is changing, partly as a result of man’s industrial and agricultural activities. The mechanisms of global change are only just beginning to be investigated and understood, see Rotty (1983), Trabalka (1985), and the review of Schlesin-ger and Mitchell (1987), but biospheric processes may play a strong role in This chapter is based in part on Sellers, P.J., Hall, F.G., Asrar, G., Strebel, D.E., and Murphy, R.E. (1988). The first ISLSCP field experiment (FIFE). Bull. Amer. MeteoroL Soc. 69(1): 22-27. Adapted with permission of the American Meteorological Society. any developing scenario.
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Sellers, P.J., Hall, F.G., Strebel, D.E., Asrar, G., Murphy, R.E. (1990). Satellite Remote Sensing and Field Experiments. In: Hobbs, R.J., Mooney, H.A. (eds) Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning. Ecological Studies, vol 79. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3302-2_9
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