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Remote sensing of terrestrial chlorophyll content

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Abstract

Terrestrial chlorophyll content is a key environmental variable that is difficult to estimate accurately using remotely sensed data. Some of the pioneering studies in this field were undertaken by Kirill Kondratyev and co-workers in the 1970s and early 1980s. These studies paved the way for the operational global chlorophyll content maps of today. This chapter reviews some of Kondratyev’s pioneering contributions to the development of the theory and practice for the remote sensing of terrestrial chlorophyll content. In particular, the chapter summarizes a third of a century of scientific research before concluding with a discussion of three contemporary applications of the remote sensing of terrestrial chlorophyll content.

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