Title of Submission
Remote Sensing of Drylands: Applications of Canopy Spectral Invariants
Degree Program
Geosciences, PhD
Major Advisor Name
Nancy Glenn
Type of Submission
Scholarly Poster
Abstract
Remote sensing plays an important role in understanding the structure and function of global terrestrial ecosystems. In this project our research focus was to characterize the dryland vegetation structure and function in the western US. Sparse distribution of vegetation, low amount of leaves on the canopies and the bright soil underneath the canopy make remote sensing of drylands a challenging task. To achieve our research goal we collected aerial and ground based optical hyperspectral and lidar data concurrent to our field campaign. We studied the potential and limitations of these sensors to retrieve canopy biochemistry and structure and to map the vegetation cover at species level.
Funding Information
NASA TE NNX14AD81G