PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 16, 2013
Proc. SPIE. 8887, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XV
KEYWORDS: Code division multiplexing, Carbon, Environmental monitoring, Data modeling, Satellites, Vegetation, Meteorology, Photosynthesis, Atmospheric modeling, Earth observing sensors
The author regards fundamental root functions as underpinning photosynthesis activities by vegetation and as affecting
environmental issues, grain production, and desertification. This paper describes the present development of monitoring
and near real-time forecasting of environmental projects and crop production by approaching established operational
monitoring step-by-step. The author has been developing a thematic monitoring structure (named RSEM system) which
stands on satellite-based photosynthesis models over several continents for operational supports in environmental fields
mentioned above. Validation methods stand not on FLUXNET but on carbon partitioning validation (CPV). The models
demand continuing parameterization. The entire frame system has been built using Reanalysis meteorological data, but
model accuracy remains insufficient except for that of paddy rice. The author shall accomplish the system that
incorporates global environmental forces. Regarding crop production applications, industrialization in developing
countries achieved through direct investment by economically developed nations raises their income, resulting in
increased food demand. Last year, China began to import rice as it had in the past with grains of maize, wheat, and
soybeans. Important agro-potential countries make efforts to cultivate new crop lands in South America, Africa, and
Eastern Europe. Trends toward less food sustainability and stability are continuing, with exacerbation by rapid social and
climate changes. Operational monitoring of carbon sequestration by herbaceous and bore plants converges with efforts at
bio-energy, crop production monitoring, and socio-environmental projects such as CDM A/R, combating desertification,
and bio-diversity.
