EUROSPEC – spectral sampling tools for vegetation biophysical parameters and flux measurements
EUROSPEC – spectral sampling tools for vegetation biophysical parameters and flux measurements
Editor(s): G. Wohlfahrt, C. Nichol, M. Rossini, A. MacArthur, and E. Tomelleri
Improving our understanding of terrestrial carbon and water cycle is of the highest scientific and socio-economic importance. The key to understanding both the processes and spatial scaling of estimates requires a careful fusion of observations from ground, airborne and satellite systems. At present, a full integration of aircraft and space-sensed information and ecosystem level observations has not been achieved.

The main objective of the COST Action ES0903 "EUROSPEC" is to develop common protocols and new instruments within a larger European network for optical measurements, bringing together scientists and industries in order to increase the reliability, value and cost-efficiency of the existing spectral observations within the European flux network. In the last 3 years, the Action has focused on proximal sensing, which can be considered a fundamental tool in monitoring Biophysical Parameters and which acts as a "bridge" between the flux tower and the remote sensing community. In fact, the EUROSPEC activities actively involved researchers from the FLUXNET, SPECNET, ICOS, ABBA networks.

Four Working Groups have been active within EUROSPEC, organizing meetings, field campaigns, experiments and summer schools:

  • WG1 focused on the state of the art of the optical sampling network, database issues and building a common platform for storing, sharing, visualizing spectral data.
  • WG2 on instrument intercomparison, characterisation, standardisation, intercalibration and measurement protocol issues.
  • WG3 dealing with upgrading instruments for continuous measurements at the Eddy Covariance towers.
  • WG4 focused on scaling Biophysical Parameters and fluxes from the ecosystem at upper levels.

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22 Aug 2016
A pilot project combining multispectral proximal sensors and digital cameras for monitoring tropical pastures
Rebecca N. Handcock, D. L. Gobbett, Luciano A. González, Greg J. Bishop-Hurley, and Sharon L. McGavin
Biogeosciences, 13, 4673–4695, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4673-2016, 2016
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09 Nov 2015
Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and photochemical reflectance index improve remote-sensing gross primary production estimates under varying nutrient availability in a typical Mediterranean savanna ecosystem
O. Perez-Priego, J. Guan, M. Rossini, F. Fava, T. Wutzler, G. Moreno, N. Carvalhais, A. Carrara, O. Kolle, T. Julitta, M. Schrumpf, M. Reichstein, and M. Migliavacca
Biogeosciences, 12, 6351–6367, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6351-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6351-2015, 2015
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27 Oct 2015
EUROSPEC: at the interface between remote-sensing and ecosystem CO2 flux measurements in Europe
A. Porcar-Castell, A. Mac Arthur, M. Rossini, L. Eklundh, J. Pacheco-Labrador, K. Anderson, M. Balzarolo, M. P. Martín, H. Jin, E. Tomelleri, S. Cerasoli, K. Sakowska, A. Hueni, T. Julitta, C. J. Nichol, and L. Vescovo
Biogeosciences, 12, 6103–6124, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6103-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6103-2015, 2015
21 Oct 2015
Interpreting canopy development and physiology using a European phenology camera network at flux sites
L. Wingate, J. Ogée, E. Cremonese, G. Filippa, T. Mizunuma, M. Migliavacca, C. Moisy, M. Wilkinson, C. Moureaux, G. Wohlfahrt, A. Hammerle, L. Hörtnagl, C. Gimeno, A. Porcar-Castell, M. Galvagno, T. Nakaji, J. Morison, O. Kolle, A. Knohl, W. Kutsch, P. Kolari, E. Nikinmaa, A. Ibrom, B. Gielen, W. Eugster, M. Balzarolo, D. Papale, K. Klumpp, B. Köstner, T. Grünwald, R. Joffre, J.-M. Ourcival, M. Hellstrom, A. Lindroth, C. George, B. Longdoz, B. Genty, J. Levula, B. Heinesch, M. Sprintsin, D. Yakir, T. Manise, D. Guyon, H. Ahrends, A. Plaza-Aguilar, J. H. Guan, and J. Grace
Biogeosciences, 12, 5995–6015, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5995-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5995-2015, 2015
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29 Sep 2015
Seasonal variation in grass water content estimated from proximal sensing and MODIS time series in a Mediterranean Fluxnet site
G. Mendiguren, M. Pilar Martín, H. Nieto, J. Pacheco-Labrador, and S. Jurdao
Biogeosciences, 12, 5523–5535, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5523-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5523-2015, 2015
05 Aug 2015
Deriving seasonal dynamics in ecosystem properties of semi-arid savanna grasslands from in situ-based hyperspectral reflectance
T. Tagesson, R. Fensholt, S. Huber, S. Horion, I. Guiro, A. Ehammer, and J. Ardö
Biogeosciences, 12, 4621–4635, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4621-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4621-2015, 2015
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03 Aug 2015
Predicting landscape-scale CO2 flux at a pasture and rice paddy with long-term hyperspectral canopy reflectance measurements
J. H. Matthes, S. H. Knox, C. Sturtevant, O. Sonnentag, J. Verfaillie, and D. Baldocchi
Biogeosciences, 12, 4577–4594, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4577-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4577-2015, 2015
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30 Jul 2015
Reviews and Syntheses: optical sampling of the flux tower footprint
J. A. Gamon
Biogeosciences, 12, 4509–4523, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4509-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4509-2015, 2015
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16 Jul 2015
Transmissivity of solar radiation within a Picea sitchensis stand under various sky conditions
S. Dengel, J. Grace, and A. MacArthur
Biogeosciences, 12, 4195–4207, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4195-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4195-2015, 2015
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14 Jul 2015
Monitoring seasonal and diurnal changes in photosynthetic pigments with automated PRI and NDVI sensors
J. A. Gamon, O. Kovalchuck, C. Y. S. Wong, A. Harris, and S. R. Garrity
Biogeosciences, 12, 4149–4159, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4149-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4149-2015, 2015
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28 May 2015
On the relationship between ecosystem-scale hyperspectral reflectance and CO2 exchange in European mountain grasslands
M. Balzarolo, L. Vescovo, A. Hammerle, D. Gianelle, D. Papale, E. Tomelleri, and G. Wohlfahrt
Biogeosciences, 12, 3089–3108, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3089-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3089-2015, 2015
12 Mar 2015
Technical Note: Multispectral lidar time series of pine canopy chlorophyll content
T. Hakala, O. Nevalainen, S. Kaasalainen, and R. Mäkipää
Biogeosciences, 12, 1629–1634, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1629-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1629-2015, 2015
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09 Jan 2015
Deploying four optical UAV-based sensors over grassland: challenges and limitations
S. K. von Bueren, A. Burkart, A. Hueni, U. Rascher, M. P. Tuohy, and I. J. Yule
Biogeosciences, 12, 163–175, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-163-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-163-2015, 2015
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21 Nov 2014
Retrieval of the photochemical reflectance index for assessing xanthophyll cycle activity: a comparison of near-surface optical sensors
A. Harris, J. A. Gamon, G. Z. Pastorello, and C. Y. S. Wong
Biogeosciences, 11, 6277–6292, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6277-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6277-2014, 2014
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18 Sep 2014
Remotely sensed land-surface energy fluxes at sub-field scale in heterogeneous agricultural landscape and coniferous plantation
R. Guzinski, H. Nieto, R. Jensen, and G. Mendiguren
Biogeosciences, 11, 5021–5046, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5021-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5021-2014, 2014
08 Sep 2014
Monitoring of carbon dioxide fluxes in a subalpine grassland ecosystem of the Italian Alps using a multispectral sensor
K. Sakowska, L. Vescovo, B. Marcolla, R. Juszczak, J. Olejnik, and D. Gianelle
Biogeosciences, 11, 4695–4712, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4695-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4695-2014, 2014
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