Journal
REMOTE SENSING
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs14102439
Keywords
chlorophyll fluorescence; electron transport rate; non-photochemical quenching; quantum yield; solar-induced fluorescence
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This study presents a structural equation that relates chlorophyll fluorescence to actual photosynthetic activity and introduces a new spectral index. The relation between the new spectral index and seasonal growth of corn was examined, indicating a close correlation.
Chlorophyll fluorescence can be remotely sensed in open fields via the Fraunhofer atmospheric absorption lines of oxygen and is termed Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF). SIF has been extensively related to carbon assimilation at global ecology scale and was interpreted as electron transport rate. However, SIF was shown to be unrelated directly to carbon assimilation at finer-scale resolution and may be related to other photosynthetic processes, such as non-photochemical quenching. This raises the question how exactly the SIF relates to actual photosynthetic activity. Based on a recently introduced spectral index that relates the photochemical fraction of SIF to the actual electron transport rate, this study presents the formulation of a structural equation, relating the remotely sensed electron transport rate index to fluorescence yield which considers the various fates of energetic quanta and electron excitation. The proposed structural equations are used to examine and interpret the relation between the novel spectral index and seasonal growth of corn (Z. mays Sh2, 'super sweet') on a platform of fertilization concentration gradient. Potential uses, practical and theoretical, for the proposed structural equations are discussed.
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