Imaging Spectrometry and Fluorometry in Support of Flex: What Can We Learn from Multi-Scale Experiments?

In advance of the FLEX mission, experimental studies are needed to better understand the factors driving Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) emission from vegetation across different temporal and spatial scales. Here, we present findings from boreal (evergreen and deciduous) forest trees and Midwestern (annual) crops, illustrating effects of seasonal downregulation and drought on the fluorescence signals. Further work is needed to develop defensible, quantitative fluorescence measurements, and to partition the drivers of the fluorescence signals into effects of structure and physiology.