Research areas
Facilities and tools used to answer research questions include:
- Hyperspectral, multispectral, and optical remote sensing
- Satellite image data (Landsat, SPOT, AVHRR, MODIS, IKONOS, SeaWIFS, etc.)
- Flux data
- Geographical information systems (GIS)
- Spatial modeling
Find out more about CALMIT research facilities, platforms, and labs here.
Research questions contribute to the body of knowledge regarding:
- Satellite data validation
- Efficacy of precision agriculture methods
- Renewable resources management
- Environmental hazard assessment
- Estimation of biophysical parameters of vegetation (e.g., leaf area index, production, fractional cover)