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Science and Measurement Requirements for a Plant Physiology and Functional Types Mission: Measuring the Composition, Function and Health of Global Land and Coastal Ocean EcosystemsThis slide presentation reviews the proposed Plant Physiology and Functional Types (PPFT) Mission. The National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey, placed a critical priority on a Mission to observe distribution and changes in ecosystem functions. The PPFT satellite mission provides the essential measurements needed to assess drivers of change in biodiversity and ecosystem services that affect human welfare. The presentation reviews the science questions that the mission will be designed to answer, the science rationale, the science measurements, the mission concept, the planned instrumentation, the calibration method, and key signal to noise ratios and uniformity requirements.
Document ID
20090029334
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Presentation
External Source(s)
Authors
Green, Robert O.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Rogez, Francois
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Green, Rob
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ungar, Steve
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Knox, Robert
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Asner, Greg
(Carnegie Institution of Washington United States)
Muller-Karger, Frank
(Florida Univ. FL, United States)
Bissett, Paul
(Florida Environmental Research Inst. Tampa, FL, United States)
Chekalyuk, Alex
(Columbia Univ. United States)
Dierssen, Heidi
(Connecticut Univ. CT, United States)
Gamon, John
(California State Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Hook, Simon
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Meister, Gerhard
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Middleton, Betsy
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ollinger, Scott
(New Hampshire Univ. NH, United States)
Roberts, Dar
(California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Siegel, Dave
(California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Townsend, Phil
(Wisconsin Univ. WI, United States)
Saatchi, Sassan
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Unstin, Susan
(California Univ. Davis, CA, United States)
Turner, Woody
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Wickland, Diane
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Bontempi, Paula
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Emanuel, Bill
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
July 23, 2007
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Location: Barcelona
Country: Spain
Start Date: July 23, 2007
End Date: July 27, 2007
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
science measurements

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