Editorial special issue: Advancing foundational sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence science

Despite the exponential increase in the number of publications in the field of Sun Induced Fluorescence to monitor vegetation processes and functions, significant progress is still needed. This special issue aims to report foundational SIF science, including theoretical modeling and measurement-based research that is urgently needed to unleash the full potential of SIF for physiological and ecological applications at scales spanning from leaf to globe. The 14 articles collected in this special issue reported on the following specific aspects: first, technical capabilities enabling spectrally resolved SIF observations and their inter-comparability in space and time; second, theoretical developments in SIF-photosynthesis relationships to correctly interpret the signal and extract mechanistic information on vegetation structure and function; third, evaluation of the potential of SIF to track process beyond photosynthesis, such as transpiration; fourth, large scale-applications of SIF observations; and finally, upscaling fluorescence from leaf to canopy scales. Below we report a summary of the articles presented in the special issue divided by thematic areas.

MIGLIAVACCA Mirco;  GU Lianhong;  WOODS Jeffrey;  WOHLFAHRT Georg; 

2023-05-19

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JRC133462

0168-1923 (online),   

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192323001909,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133462,   

10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109499 (online),