Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities - Smith, William K.; Dannenberg, Matthew P.; Yan, Dong; Herrmann, Stefanie; Barnes, Mallory L.; Barron-Gafford, Greg A.; Biederman, Joel A.; Ferrenberg, Scott; Fox, Andrew M.; Hudson, Amy; Knowles, John F.; MacBean, Natasha; et al. (Remote sensing of environment, 2019)
Keywords: Algorithms; Arid lands; Arid zones; Background noise; Biocrusts; biological soil crusts; Calibration; Carbon sinks; Crusts; Data assimilation; Data collection; Detection; diurnal variation; Diurnal variations; Drought; Drylands; Earth surface; Earth system science; Ecological monitoring; Ecosystem dynamics; Ecosystem structure; Ecosystems; Evaluation; Evapotranspiration; Fluorescence; Geostationary satellites; Growing season; Heterogeneity; humid zones; Hyperspectral; Leaf area; Leaf area index; LiDAR; monitoring; Phenology; Photosynthesis; Primary production; primary productivity; rain; Rainfall; Reflectance; Remote sensing; Remote sensing techniques; Satellite observation; satellites; Seasonal rainfall; Sensing techniques; signal-to-noise ratio; Soils; Spatial heterogeneity; spatial variation; Structure-function relationships; Synchronous satellites; Thermal infrared; Vegetation; Vegetation indices; Water stress; Thermal infrared; Biocrusts; Phenology; Vegetation indices; Hyperspectral; Evapotranspiration; LiDAR; Fluorescence; Drylands; Leaf area index; Primary production