05 March 2018
Chinese researchers have achieved a global image of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence which can clearly indicate vegetation productivity, according to the Science and Technology Daily. Applying the data from the carbon dioxide observation satellite TanSat, the researchers monitored the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and identified the chlorophyll fluorescence of terrestrial vegetation with high accuracy. The global image of the chlorophyll fluorescence showed vigorous vegetation productivity in the corn belt in North America, European plain, and agricultural regions in East Asia in July 2017, as well as Amazon forest in December.
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