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.

Sakowska, K.; Gianelle, D.; Zaldei, A.; Macarthur, A.; Carotenuto, F.; Miglietta, F.; Zampedri, R.; Cavagna, M.; Vescovo, L. (2015). WhiteRef: a new tower-based hyperspectral system for continuous reflectance measurements. SENSORS, 15 (1): 1088-1105. doi: 10.3390/s150101088 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/25375

WhiteRef: a new tower-based hyperspectral system for continuous reflectance measurements

Sakowska, Karolina;Gianelle, Damiano;Carotenuto, Federico;Miglietta, Franco;Zampedri, Roberto;Cavagna, Mauro;Vescovo, Loris
2015-01-01

Abstract

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.
Hyperspectral system
Proximal sensing
Biophysical parameters
Carbon fluxes
Validation
Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA
2015
Sakowska, K.; Gianelle, D.; Zaldei, A.; Macarthur, A.; Carotenuto, F.; Miglietta, F.; Zampedri, R.; Cavagna, M.; Vescovo, L. (2015). WhiteRef: a new tower-based hyperspectral system for continuous reflectance measurements. SENSORS, 15 (1): 1088-1105. doi: 10.3390/s150101088 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/25375
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